#B4BA42#B4BA42

#B4BA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.141 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA42
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -17.48, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 60.43, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.053 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.141 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3657, 45.2153, 11.9123)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA42 #4842BA

analogous

#BA8442 #B4BA42 #78BA42

triadic

#B4BA42 #42B4BA #BA42B4

tetradic

#B4BA42 #42BA84 #4842BA #BA4278

square

#B4BA42 #42BA84 #4842BA #BA4278

split-complementary

#B4BA42 #4278BA #8442BA

monochromatic

#5D6022 #888D32 #B4BA42 #C7CB6E #D8DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B4BA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B4BA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA42

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA42	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.141 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce7c',
    500: '#b4ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba42;
$custom-light: #cdce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA42

secondary

#9390C8

accent

#51D757

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA42

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

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