#B4AC4E#B4AC4E

#B4AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC4E
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -9.45, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 49.40, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.029 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.116 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9512, 39.7596, 13.0395)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC4E #4E56B4

analogous

#B4794E #B4AC4E #89B44E

triadic

#B4AC4E #4EB4AC #AC4EB4

tetradic

#B4AC4E #4EB479 #4E56B4 #B44E89

square

#B4AC4E #4EB479 #4E56B4 #B44E89

split-complementary

#B4AC4E #4E89B4 #794EB4

monochromatic

#5F5B28 #8A843B #B4AC4E #C6C079 #D8D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B4AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B4AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC4E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC4E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc483',
    500: '#b4ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac4e;
$custom-light: #cdc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC4E

secondary

#989CC6

accent

#61D057

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC4E

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

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