#B4AF4D#B4AF4D

#B4AF4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF4D
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 57.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -11.09, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 51.08, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0337 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.12 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4930, 40.9002, 13.0446)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF4D #4D52B4

analogous

#B47B4D #B4AF4D #86B44D

triadic

#B4AF4D #4DB4AF #AF4DB4

tetradic

#B4AF4D #4DB47B #4D52B4 #B44D86

square

#B4AF4D #4DB47B #4D52B4 #B44D86

split-complementary

#B4AF4D #4D86B4 #7B4DB4

monochromatic

#5F5C28 #8A863A #B4AF4D #C6C278 #D8D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4AF4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B4AF4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF4D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF4D	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc682',
    500: '#b4af4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af4d;
$custom-light: #cdc682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73846,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF4D

secondary

#979AC5

accent

#5DD157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF4D

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

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