#B4A656#B4A656

#B4A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A656
RGB	rgb(180, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -5.62, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 43.19, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0171 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1394, 37.6489, 14.2710)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A656 #5664B4

analogous

#B47756 #B4A656 #93B456

triadic

#B4A656 #56B4A6 #A656B4

tetradic

#B4A656 #56B477 #5664B4 #B45693

square

#B4A656 #56B477 #5664B4 #B45693

split-complementary

#B4A656 #5693B4 #7756B4

monochromatic

#635B2C #8E823F #B4A656 #C7BC80 #DAD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B4A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B4A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A656

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A656	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc088',
    500: '#b4a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a656;
$custom-light: #ccc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72015,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A656

secondary

#9EA4C7

accent

#6BCE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A656

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

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