#B4AE73#B4AE73

#B4AE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.079 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE73
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 36.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -6.84, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 31.83, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0179 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.079 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0534, 41.2141, 22.2196)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE73 #7379B4

analogous

#B48E73 #B4AE73 #99B473

triadic

#B4AE73 #73B4AE #AE73B4

tetradic

#B4AE73 #73B48E #7379B4 #B47399

square

#B4AE73 #73B48E #7379B4 #B47399

split-complementary

#B4AE73 #7399B4 #8E73B4

monochromatic

#706C3C #989252 #B4AE73 #C9C59B #DFDCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B4AE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B4AE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE73

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE73	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.079 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc69c',
    500: '#b4ae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae73;
$custom-light: #cbc69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE73

secondary

#B4B7CE

accent

#6BC661

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE73

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

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