#B4BA2A#B4BA2A

#B4BA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.156 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA2A
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -18.70, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 68.92, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0587 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.156 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8005, 44.9892, 8.9353)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA2A #302ABA

analogous

#BA782A #B4BA2A #6CBA2A

triadic

#B4BA2A #2AB4BA #BA2AB4

tetradic

#B4BA2A #2ABA78 #302ABA #BA2A6C

square

#B4BA2A #2ABA78 #302ABA #BA2A6C

split-complementary

#B4BA2A #2A6CBA #782ABA

monochromatic

#535613 #84881F #B4BA2A #D1D64B #DDE27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B4BA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#B4BA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA2A

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA2A	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.156 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cece70',
    500: '#b4ba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba2a;
$custom-light: #cece70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA2A

secondary

#7976CA

accent

#42E648

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA2A

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

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