#B4A356#B4A356

#B4A356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A356
RGB	rgb(180, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -4.02, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 42.05, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0125 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.1 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6004, 36.5709, 14.0913)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A356 #5667B4

analogous

#B47456 #B4A356 #96B456

triadic

#B4A356 #56B4A3 #A356B4

tetradic

#B4A356 #56B474 #5667B4 #B45696

square

#B4A356 #56B474 #5667B4 #B45696

split-complementary

#B4A356 #5696B4 #7456B4

monochromatic

#63592C #8E803F #B4A356 #C7BA80 #DAD1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B4A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A356

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A356	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe87',
    500: '#b4a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a356;
$custom-light: #ccbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A356

secondary

#9EA6C7

accent

#6FCE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A356

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

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