#B4A461#B4A461

#B4A461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.089 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A461
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -3.51, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 36.91, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0098 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.089 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2565, 37.1185, 16.6671)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A461 #6171B4

analogous

#B47B61 #B4A461 #9BB461

triadic

#B4A461 #61B4A4 #A461B4

tetradic

#B4A461 #61B47B #6171B4 #B4619B

square

#B4A461 #61B47B #6171B4 #B4619B

split-complementary

#B4A461 #619BB4 #7B61B4

monochromatic

#695E32 #928445 #B4A461 #C8BC8B #DBD4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B4A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B4A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A461

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A461	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)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.089 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe8f',
    500: '#b4a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a461;
$custom-light: #ccbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.434,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A461

secondary

#A7AECA

accent

#72CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A461

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

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