#B4A855#B4A855

#B4A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A855
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -6.77, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 44.46, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0205 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4658, 38.3657, 14.1824)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A855 #5561B4

analogous

#B47955 #B4A855 #91B455

triadic

#B4A855 #55B4A8 #A855B4

tetradic

#B4A855 #55B479 #5561B4 #B45591

square

#B4A855 #55B479 #5561B4 #B45591

split-complementary

#B4A855 #5591B4 #7955B4

monochromatic

#635C2C #8D833E #B4A855 #C7BE7F #D9D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B4A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A855

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A855	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc187',
    500: '#b4a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a855;
$custom-light: #ccc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A855

secondary

#9EA3C7

accent

#68CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A855

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

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