#B4A559#B4A559

#B4A559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A559
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -4.82, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 41.32, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0144 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.099 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0817, 37.3361, 14.8606)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A559 #5968B4

analogous

#B47859 #B4A559 #95B459

triadic

#B4A559 #59B4A5 #A559B4

tetradic

#B4A559 #59B478 #5968B4 #B45995

square

#B4A559 #59B478 #5968B4 #B45995

split-complementary

#B4A559 #5995B4 #7859B4

monochromatic

#655C2E #8F8241 #B4A559 #C7BC83 #DAD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B4A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B4A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A559

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A559	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf8a',
    500: '#b4a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a559;
$custom-light: #ccbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71843,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A559

secondary

#A1A7C8

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A559

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

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