#B4AB49#B4AB49

#B4AB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB49
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -9.30, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 51.29, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0291 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.12 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5891, 39.3114, 12.0679)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB49 #4952B4

analogous

#B47549 #B4AB49 #88B449

triadic

#B4AB49 #49B4AB #AB49B4

tetradic

#B4AB49 #49B475 #4952B4 #B44988

square

#B4AB49 #49B475 #4952B4 #B44988

split-complementary

#B4AB49 #4988B4 #7549B4

monochromatic

#5D5826 #888237 #B4AB49 #C7C074 #D8D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B4AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB49

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB49	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37f',
    500: '#b4ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab49;
$custom-light: #cdc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72935,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB49

secondary

#9498C5

accent

#60D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB49

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

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