#B4AB4E#B4AB4E

#B4AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB4E
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -8.92, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 48.99, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0275 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.115 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7616, 39.3804, 12.9763)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB4E #4E57B4

analogous

#B4784E #B4AB4E #8AB44E

triadic

#B4AB4E #4EB4AB #AB4EB4

tetradic

#B4AB4E #4EB478 #4E57B4 #B44E8A

square

#B4AB4E #4EB478 #4E57B4 #B44E8A

split-complementary

#B4AB4E #4E8AB4 #784EB4

monochromatic

#5F5A28 #8A833B #B4AB4E #C6BF79 #D8D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B4AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB4E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB4E	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc383',
    500: '#b4ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab4e;
$custom-light: #cdc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7299,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB4E

secondary

#989CC6

accent

#62D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB4E

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

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