#B4A249#B4A249

#B4A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A249
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -4.54, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 47.93, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0155 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.111 98)
XYZ	xyz(32.9466, 36.0264, 11.5204)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A249 #495BB4

analogous

#B46D49 #B4A249 #90B449

triadic

#B4A249 #49B4A2 #A249B4

tetradic

#B4A249 #49B46D #495BB4 #B44990

square

#B4A249 #49B46D #495BB4 #B44990

split-complementary

#B4A249 #4990B4 #6D49B4

monochromatic

#5D5426 #887B37 #B4A249 #C7B974 #D8CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B4A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B4A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A249

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A249	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)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd7f',
    500: '#b4a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a249;
$custom-light: #cdbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71002,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A249

secondary

#949CC5

accent

#6BD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A249

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

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