#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
RGBrgb(180, 168, 86)
HSLhsl(52, 39%, 52%)
HSVhsv(52, 52%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(68.30, -6.68, 43.47)
CIE-LCHlch(68.30, 43.98, 98.74°)
OKLaboklab(72.44% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCHoklch(72.44% 0.105 101.1)
XYZxyz(34.5058, 38.3817, 14.3931)
Luminance0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##B4A8561.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

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

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#B4A856 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva