#B4BA3E#B4BA3E

#B4BA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.144 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA3E
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -17.73, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 62.02, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0541 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.144 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2519, 45.1698, 11.3128)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA3E #443EBA

analogous

#BA823E #B4BA3E #76BA3E

triadic

#B4BA3E #3EB4BA #BA3EB4

tetradic

#B4BA3E #3EBA82 #443EBA #BA3E76

square

#B4BA3E #3EBA82 #443EBA #BA3E76

split-complementary

#B4BA3E #3E76BA #823EBA

monochromatic

#5B5E1F #888C2F #B4BA3E #C8CD68 #D9DC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B4BA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B4BA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA3E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA3E	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.144 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cece7a',
    500: '#b4ba3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba3e;
$custom-light: #cece7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76117,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA3E

secondary

#8F8CC8

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA3E

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

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