#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
RGBrgb(180, 168, 121)
HSLhsl(48, 28%, 59%)
HSVhsv(48, 33%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.7%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(68.82, -2.90, 25.89)
CIE-LCHlch(68.82, 26.06, 96.39°)
OKLaboklab(73.02% -0.0062 0.0647)
OKLCHoklch(73.02% 0.065 95.5)
XYZxyz(36.2767, 39.0900, 23.7196)
Luminance0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##B4A8791.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

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

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#B4A879 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva