#B4A449#B4A449

#B4A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A449
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -5.61, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 48.65, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0185 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3017, 36.7366, 11.6388)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A449 #4959B4

analogous

#B46F49 #B4A449 #8FB449

triadic

#B4A449 #49B4A4 #A449B4

tetradic

#B4A449 #49B46F #4959B4 #B4498F

square

#B4A449 #49B46F #4959B4 #B4498F

split-complementary

#B4A449 #498FB4 #6F49B4

monochromatic

#5D5526 #887C37 #B4A449 #C7BA74 #D8D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B4A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B4A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A449

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A449	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe7f',
    500: '#b4a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a449;
$custom-light: #cdbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71429,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A449

secondary

#949BC5

accent

#68D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A449

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

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