#B4AD4E#B4AD4E

#B4AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.117 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD4E
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -9.97, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 49.80, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0304 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.117 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.1422, 40.1416, 13.1032)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD4E #4E55B4

analogous

#B47A4E #B4AD4E #88B44E

triadic

#B4AD4E #4EB4AD #AD4EB4

tetradic

#B4AD4E #4EB47A #4E55B4 #B44E88

square

#B4AD4E #4EB47A #4E55B4 #B44E88

split-complementary

#B4AD4E #4E88B4 #7A4EB4

monochromatic

#5F5B28 #8A853B #B4AD4E #C6C179 #D8D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD4E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD4E	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.117 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc583',
    500: '#b4ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad4e;
$custom-light: #cdc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.4014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD4E

secondary

#989BC6

accent

#60D057

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD4E

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

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