#B4AE4E#B4AE4E

#B4AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE4E
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -10.49, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 50.21, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0319 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.118 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3347, 40.5266, 13.1674)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE4E #4E54B4

analogous

#B47B4E #B4AE4E #87B44E

triadic

#B4AE4E #4EB4AE #AE4EB4

tetradic

#B4AE4E #4EB47B #4E54B4 #B44E87

square

#B4AE4E #4EB47B #4E54B4 #B44E87

split-complementary

#B4AE4E #4E87B4 #7B4EB4

monochromatic

#5F5C28 #8A863B #B4AE4E #C6C279 #D8D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B4AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE4E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE4E	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc583',
    500: '#b4ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae4e;
$custom-light: #cdc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7364,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE4E

secondary

#989BC6

accent

#5FD057

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE4E

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

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