#B4A555#B4A555

#B4A555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A555
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -5.17, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 43.30, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0159 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.103 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9183, 37.2707, 13.9999)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A555 #5564B4

analogous

#B47555 #B4A555 #94B455

triadic

#B4A555 #55B4A5 #A555B4

tetradic

#B4A555 #55B475 #5564B4 #B45594

square

#B4A555 #55B475 #5564B4 #B45594

split-complementary

#B4A555 #5594B4 #7555B4

monochromatic

#635A2C #8D813E #B4A555 #C7BB7F #D9D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B4A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B4A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A555

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A555	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf87',
    500: '#b4a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a555;
$custom-light: #ccbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71788,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A555

secondary

#9EA4C7

accent

#6CCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A555

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

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