#B4AB4D#B4AB4D

#B4AB4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB4D
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 57.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -9.00, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 49.46, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0278 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7260, 39.3661, 12.7889)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB4D #4D56B4

analogous

#B4774D #B4AB4D #8AB44D

triadic

#B4AB4D #4DB4AB #AB4DB4

tetradic

#B4AB4D #4DB477 #4D56B4 #B44D8A

square

#B4AB4D #4DB477 #4D56B4 #B44D8A

split-complementary

#B4AB4D #4D8AB4 #774DB4

monochromatic

#5F5A28 #8A833A #B4AB4D #C6BF78 #D8D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B4AB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB4D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB4D	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc382',
    500: '#b4ab4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab4d;
$custom-light: #cdc382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB4D

secondary

#979BC5

accent

#62D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB4D

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

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