#B4AD77#B4AD77

#B4AD77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.073 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD77
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 33.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -5.82, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 29.28, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0147 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.073 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0962, 40.9232, 23.3940)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD77 #777EB4

analogous

#B48E77 #B4AD77 #9CB477

triadic

#B4AD77 #77B4AD #AD77B4

tetradic

#B4AD77 #77B48E #777EB4 #B4779C

square

#B4AD77 #77B48E #777EB4 #B4779C

split-complementary

#B4AD77 #779CB4 #8E77B4

monochromatic

#726C3F #999155 #B4AD77 #CAC59E #E0DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4AD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B4AD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD77

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD77	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.073 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc59e',
    500: '#b4ad77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad77;
$custom-light: #cbc59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 28.91,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD77

secondary

#B7BACF

accent

#6EC563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD77

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

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