#B4AF3E#B4AF3E

#B4AF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF3E
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -12.12, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 57.60, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0383 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.133 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0231, 40.7122, 10.5699)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF3E #3E43B4

analogous

#B4743E #B4AF3E #7EB43E

triadic

#B4AF3E #3EB4AF #AF3EB4

tetradic

#B4AF3E #3EB474 #3E43B4 #B43E7E

square

#B4AF3E #3EB474 #3E43B4 #B43E7E

split-complementary

#B4AF3E #3E7EB4 #743EB4

monochromatic

#59561F #86832E #B4AF3E #CAC665 #DAD793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4AF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B4AF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF3E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF3E	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc679',
    500: '#b4af3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af3e;
$custom-light: #cdc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF3E

secondary

#898BC5

accent

#55D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF3E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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