#B4A649#B4A649

#B4A649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B4A649
RGBrgb(180, 166, 73)
HSLhsl(52, 42%, 50%)
HSVhsv(52, 59%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.62, -6.67, 48.93)
CIE-LCHlch(67.62, 49.38, 97.76°)
OKLaboklab(71.86% -0.0216 0.113)
OKLCHoklch(71.86% 0.115 100.8)
XYZxyz(33.6625, 37.4581, 11.7590)
Luminance0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B4A649 #4957B4
analogous
#B47149 #B4A649 #8CB449
triadic
#B4A649 #49B4A6 #A649B4
tetradic
#B4A649 #49B471 #4957B4 #B4498C
square
#B4A649 #49B471 #4957B4 #B4498C
split-complementary
#B4A649 #498CB4 #7149B4
monochromatic
#5D5626 #887E37 #B4A649 #C7BC74 #D8D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#B4A649 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49
#B4A649 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A649
8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B4A649#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B4A6491.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A13F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A74E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C19B92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b4a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 100.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc07f',
    500: '#b4a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b4a649;
$custom-light: #cdc07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b4a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71857,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B4A649
secondary
#949AC5
accent
#66D256
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F7EE
border
#D2D0C9
text
#14120A
muted
#82817C

Preview Lab

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#B4A649 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva