#B4AA8A#B4AA8A

#B4AA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.046 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA8A
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -1.64, 17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 17.90, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0022 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.046 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7846, 40.2885, 29.8259)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA8A #8A94B4

analogous

#B4958A #B4AA8A #A9B48A

triadic

#B4AA8A #8AB4AA #AA8AB4

tetradic

#B4AA8A #8AB495 #8A94B4 #B48AA9

square

#B4AA8A #8AB495 #8A94B4 #B48AA9

split-complementary

#B4AA8A #8AA9B4 #958AB4

monochromatic

#776D4C #9C8F65 #B4AA8A #CCC5AF #E4E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B4AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA8A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA8A	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.046 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3ac',
    500: '#b4aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa8a;
$custom-light: #cbc3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.04557,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA8A

secondary

#C5C9D5

accent

#5BA045

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA8A

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

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