#B4A460#B4A460

#B4A460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.090 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A460
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 46.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -3.61, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 37.42, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0102 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.09 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2101, 37.1000, 16.4230)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A460 #6070B4

analogous

#B47A60 #B4A460 #9AB460

triadic

#B4A460 #60B4A4 #A460B4

tetradic

#B4A460 #60B47A #6070B4 #B4609A

square

#B4A460 #60B47A #6070B4 #B4609A

split-complementary

#B4A460 #609AB4 #7A60B4

monochromatic

#685E31 #928345 #B4A460 #C8BC8A #DBD4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B4A460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B4A460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A460

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A460	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.090 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe8e',
    500: '#b4a460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a460;
$custom-light: #ccbe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71733,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A460

secondary

#A6ADCA

accent

#71CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A460

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

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