#B4AC4A#B4AC4A

#B4AC4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC4A
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -9.75, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 51.23, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0303 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8121, 39.7039, 12.3071)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC4A #4A52B4

analogous

#B4774A #B4AC4A #87B44A

triadic

#B4AC4A #4AB4AC #AC4AB4

tetradic

#B4AC4A #4AB477 #4A52B4 #B44A87

square

#B4AC4A #4AB477 #4A52B4 #B44A87

split-complementary

#B4AC4A #4A87B4 #774AB4

monochromatic

#5D5926 #898338 #B4AC4A #C6C075 #D8D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B4AC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B4AC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC4A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC4A	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc480',
    500: '#b4ac4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac4a;
$custom-light: #cdc480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73162,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC4A

secondary

#9599C5

accent

#60D256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC4A

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

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