#B4A856#B4A856

#B4A856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A856
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -6.68, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 43.98, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5058, 38.3817, 14.3931)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A856 #5662B4

analogous

#B47956 #B4A856 #91B456

triadic

#B4A856 #56B4A8 #A856B4

tetradic

#B4A856 #56B479 #5662B4 #B45691

square

#B4A856 #56B479 #5662B4 #B45691

split-complementary

#B4A856 #5691B4 #7956B4

monochromatic

#635C2C #8E843F #B4A856 #C7BE80 #DAD4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B4A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A856

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A856	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc188',
    500: '#b4a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a856;
$custom-light: #ccc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A856

secondary

#9EA4C7

accent

#68CE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A856

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

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