#B4A246#B4A246

#B4A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A246
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -4.76, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 49.32, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0165 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8495, 35.9876, 11.0091)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A246 #4658B4

analogous

#B46B46 #B4A246 #8FB446

triadic

#B4A246 #46B4A2 #A246B4

tetradic

#B4A246 #46B46B #4658B4 #B4468F

square

#B4A246 #46B46B #4658B4 #B4468F

split-complementary

#B4A246 #468FB4 #6B46B4

monochromatic

#5C5324 #887A35 #B4A246 #C7B970 #D8CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B4A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B4A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A246

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A246	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd7d',
    500: '#b4a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a246;
$custom-light: #cdbd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A246

secondary

#9199C5

accent

#69D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A246

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

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