#B4AF40#B4AF40

#B4AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF40
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -11.99, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 56.78, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0378 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.131 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0790, 40.7346, 10.8642)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF40 #4045B4

analogous

#B47540 #B4AF40 #7FB440

triadic

#B4AF40 #40B4AF #AF40B4

tetradic

#B4AF40 #40B475 #4045B4 #B4407F

square

#B4AF40 #40B475 #4045B4 #B4407F

split-complementary

#B4AF40 #407FB4 #7540B4

monochromatic

#5A5720 #878330 #B4AF40 #C9C568 #D9D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B4AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF40

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF40	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc67a',
    500: '#b4af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af40;
$custom-light: #cdc67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF40

secondary

#8B8DC5

accent

#56D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF40

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

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