#B4A161#B4A161

#B4A161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.087 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A161
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -1.90, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 35.79, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0051 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.087 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7259, 36.0574, 16.4902)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A161 #6174B4

analogous

#B47861 #B4A161 #9EB461

triadic

#B4A161 #61B4A1 #A161B4

tetradic

#B4A161 #61B478 #6174B4 #B4619E

square

#B4A161 #61B478 #6174B4 #B4619E

split-complementary

#B4A161 #619EB4 #7861B4

monochromatic

#695C32 #928145 #B4A161 #C8BA8B #DBD2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B4A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B4A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A161

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A161	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.087 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc8f',
    500: '#b4a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a161;
$custom-light: #ccbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71115,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A161

secondary

#A7AFCA

accent

#76CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A161

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

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