#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
RGB	rgb(180, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -6.67, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 49.38, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0216 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6625, 37.4581, 11.7590)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##B4A649	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B4A649

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

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