#B4A149#B4A149

#B4A149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A149
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -4.01, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 47.58, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.014 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.111 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7712, 35.6755, 11.4619)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A149 #495CB4

analogous

#B46C49 #B4A149 #91B449

triadic

#B4A149 #49B4A1 #A149B4

tetradic

#B4A149 #49B46C #495CB4 #B44991

square

#B4A149 #49B46C #495CB4 #B44991

split-complementary

#B4A149 #4991B4 #6C49B4

monochromatic

#5D5326 #887A37 #B4A149 #C7B874 #D8CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B4A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A149

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A149	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc7f',
    500: '#b4a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a149;
$custom-light: #cdbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70789,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A149

secondary

#949DC5

accent

#6CD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A149

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

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