#B4A463#B4A463

#B4A463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A463
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 45%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -3.30, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 35.90, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.009 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.087 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.3509, 37.1563, 17.1644)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A463 #6373B4

analogous

#B47C63 #B4A463 #9CB463

triadic

#B4A463 #63B4A4 #A463B4

tetradic

#B4A463 #63B47C #6373B4 #B4639C

square

#B4A463 #63B47C #6373B4 #B4639C

split-complementary

#B4A463 #639CB4 #7C63B4

monochromatic

#6A5F33 #938447 #B4A463 #C8BC8C #DCD4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B4A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B4A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A463

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A463	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe90',
    500: '#b4a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a463;
$custom-light: #ccbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A463

secondary

#A8AFCA

accent

#72CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A463

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

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