#B4AA4A#B4AA4A

#B4AA4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA4A
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -8.71, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 50.45, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0273 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4343, 38.9484, 12.1812)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA4A #4A54B4

analogous

#B4754A #B4AA4A #89B44A

triadic

#B4AA4A #4AB4AA #AA4AB4

tetradic

#B4AA4A #4AB475 #4A54B4 #B44A89

square

#B4AA4A #4AB475 #4A54B4 #B44A89

split-complementary

#B4AA4A #4A89B4 #754AB4

monochromatic

#5D5826 #898138 #B4AA4A #C6BF75 #D8D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B4AA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA4A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA4A	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)

#B8A540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc380',
    500: '#b4aa4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa4a;
$custom-light: #cdc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA4A

secondary

#9599C5

accent

#62D256

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA4A

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

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