#B4A879#B4A879

#B4A879 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.065 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A879
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -2.90, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 26.06, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0062 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.065 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2767, 39.0900, 23.7196)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A879 #7985B4

analogous

#B48B79 #B4A879 #A3B479

triadic

#B4A879 #79B4A8 #A879B4

tetradic

#B4A879 #79B48B #7985B4 #B479A3

square

#B4A879 #79B48B #7985B4 #B479A3

split-complementary

#B4A879 #79A3B4 #8B79B4

monochromatic

#736840 #9A8C56 #B4A879 #CAC1A0 #E0DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4A879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4A879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A879

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A879	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.065 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc1a0',
    500: '#b4a879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a879;
$custom-light: #cbc1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.06501,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A879

secondary

#B9BED0

accent

#77C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A879

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

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