#B4AA4E#B4AA4E

#B4AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA4E
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -8.40, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 48.60, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.026 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.114 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5734, 39.0040, 12.9136)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA4E #4E58B4

analogous

#B4774E #B4AA4E #8BB44E

triadic

#B4AA4E #4EB4AA #AA4EB4

tetradic

#B4AA4E #4EB477 #4E58B4 #B44E8B

square

#B4AA4E #4EB477 #4E58B4 #B44E8B

split-complementary

#B4AA4E #4E8BB4 #774EB4

monochromatic

#5F5A28 #8A823B #B4AA4E #C6BF79 #D8D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B4AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA4E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA4E	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc383',
    500: '#b4aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa4e;
$custom-light: #cdc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72774,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA4E

secondary

#989DC6

accent

#63D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA4E

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

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