#B4A459#B4A459

#B4A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.098 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A459
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -4.28, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 40.94, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0129 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.098 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9021, 36.9768, 14.8007)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A459 #5969B4

analogous

#B47759 #B4A459 #96B459

triadic

#B4A459 #59B4A4 #A459B4

tetradic

#B4A459 #59B477 #5969B4 #B45996

square

#B4A459 #59B477 #5969B4 #B45996

split-complementary

#B4A459 #5996B4 #7759B4

monochromatic

#655B2E #8F8141 #B4A459 #C7BB83 #DAD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B4A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B4A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A459

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A459	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.098 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe89',
    500: '#b4a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a459;
$custom-light: #ccbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7163,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A459

secondary

#A1A8C8

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A459

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

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