#B4AA56#B4AA56

#B4AA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA56
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -7.73, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 44.78, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0231 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.107 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8779, 39.1258, 14.5171)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA56 #5660B4

analogous

#B47B56 #B4AA56 #8FB456

triadic

#B4AA56 #56B4AA #AA56B4

tetradic

#B4AA56 #56B47B #5660B4 #B4568F

square

#B4AA56 #56B47B #5660B4 #B4568F

split-complementary

#B4AA56 #568FB4 #7B56B4

monochromatic

#635E2C #8E853F #B4AA56 #C7BF80 #DAD5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA56

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA56	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc388',
    500: '#b4aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa56;
$custom-light: #ccc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA56

secondary

#9EA3C7

accent

#66CE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA56

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

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