#B4AF48#B4AF48

#B4AF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF48
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -11.46, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 53.33, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0354 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.125 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3232, 40.8322, 12.1503)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF48 #484DB4

analogous

#B47948 #B4AF48 #83B448

triadic

#B4AF48 #48B4AF #AF48B4

tetradic

#B4AF48 #48B479 #484DB4 #B44883

square

#B4AF48 #48B479 #484DB4 #B44883

split-complementary

#B4AF48 #4883B4 #7948B4

monochromatic

#5D5A25 #888537 #B4AF48 #C7C372 #D8D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4AF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B4AF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF48

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF48	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc67f',
    500: '#b4af48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af48;
$custom-light: #cdc67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF48

secondary

#9395C5

accent

#5BD355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF48

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

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