#B4A044#B4A044

#B4A044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.114 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A044
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -3.83, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 49.54, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.014 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.114 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4380, 35.2638, 10.5657)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A044 #4458B4

analogous

#B46844 #B4A044 #90B444

triadic

#B4A044 #44B4A0 #A044B4

tetradic

#B4A044 #44B468 #4458B4 #B44490

square

#B4A044 #44B468 #4458B4 #B44490

split-complementary

#B4A044 #4490B4 #6844B4

monochromatic

#5B5122 #887933 #B4A044 #C8B86D #D9CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B4A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B4A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A044

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A044	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.114 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7c',
    500: '#b4a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a044;
$custom-light: #cdbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A044

secondary

#8F99C5

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A044

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

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