#B4A561#B4A561

#B4A561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.090 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A561
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -4.04, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 37.30, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0114 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.09 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4361, 37.4779, 16.7269)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A561 #6170B4

analogous

#B47C61 #B4A561 #99B461

triadic

#B4A561 #61B4A5 #A561B4

tetradic

#B4A561 #61B47C #6170B4 #B46199

square

#B4A561 #61B47C #6170B4 #B46199

split-complementary

#B4A561 #6199B4 #7C61B4

monochromatic

#695F32 #928445 #B4A561 #C8BD8B #DBD4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B4A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B4A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A561

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A561	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.090 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf8f',
    500: '#b4a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a561;
$custom-light: #ccbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A561

secondary

#A7ADCA

accent

#70CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A561

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

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