#B4AF50#B4AF50

#B4AF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF50
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -10.85, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 49.70, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0327 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.118 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6014, 40.9435, 13.6154)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF50 #5055B4

analogous

#B47D50 #B4AF50 #87B450

triadic

#B4AF50 #50B4AF #AF50B4

tetradic

#B4AF50 #50B47D #5055B4 #B45087

square

#B4AF50 #50B47D #5055B4 #B45087

split-complementary

#B4AF50 #5087B4 #7D50B4

monochromatic

#605E29 #8B873C #B4AF50 #C6C37B #D9D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4AF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B4AF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF50

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF50	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc684',
    500: '#b4af50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af50;
$custom-light: #cdc684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF50

secondary

#9A9CC6

accent

#5ED058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF50

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

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