#B4A970#B4A970

#B4A970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.077 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A970
RGB	rgb(180, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 37.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -4.54, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 31.20, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0115 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.077 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9356, 39.2501, 21.0091)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A970 #707BB4

analogous

#B48770 #B4A970 #9DB470

triadic

#B4A970 #70B4A9 #A970B4

tetradic

#B4A970 #70B487 #707BB4 #B4709D

square

#B4A970 #70B487 #707BB4 #B4709D

split-complementary

#B4A970 #709DB4 #8770B4

monochromatic

#6F673A #978C4F #B4A970 #C9C198 #DED9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B4A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A970

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A970	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.077 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc299',
    500: '#b4a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a970;
$custom-light: #cbc299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 31.193,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73061,
    "c": 0.07691,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A970

secondary

#B2B7CE

accent

#71C760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A970

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

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