#B4AB79#B4AB79

#B4AB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.068 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB79
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -4.50, 26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 27.34, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0109 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.068 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8369, 40.2105, 23.9064)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB79 #7982B4

analogous

#B48E79 #B4AB79 #A0B479

triadic

#B4AB79 #79B4AB #AB79B4

tetradic

#B4AB79 #79B48E #7982B4 #B479A0

square

#B4AB79 #79B48E #7982B4 #B479A0

split-complementary

#B4AB79 #79A0B4 #8E79B4

monochromatic

#736B40 #9A8F56 #B4AB79 #CAC4A0 #E0DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B4AB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB79

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB79	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.068 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3a0',
    500: '#b4ab79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab79;
$custom-light: #cbc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.0681,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB79

secondary

#B9BCD0

accent

#72C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB79

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

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