#B4A962#B4A962

#B4A962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.093 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A962
RGB	rgb(180, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 45.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -6.07, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 38.41, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0171 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.093 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2158, 38.9622, 17.2183)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A962 #626DB4

analogous

#B48062 #B4A962 #96B462

triadic

#B4A962 #62B4A9 #A962B4

tetradic

#B4A962 #62B480 #626DB4 #B46296

square

#B4A962 #62B480 #626DB4 #B46296

split-complementary

#B4A962 #6296B4 #8062B4

monochromatic

#696232 #938846 #B4A962 #C8C08B #DCD6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B4A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A962

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A962	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.093 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc290',
    500: '#b4a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a962;
$custom-light: #ccc290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 35.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A962

secondary

#A8ACCA

accent

#6BCB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A962

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

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