#B4AE86#B4AE86

#B4AE86 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.055 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE86
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 26%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -4.36, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 21.80, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.01 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.055 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2616, 41.6973, 28.5825)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE86 #868CB4

analogous

#B49786 #B4AE86 #A3B486

triadic

#B4AE86 #86B4AE #AE86B4

tetradic

#B4AE86 #86B497 #868CB4 #B486A3

square

#B4AE86 #86B497 #868CB4 #B486A3

split-complementary

#B4AE86 #86A3B4 #9786B4

monochromatic

#767049 #9C9461 #B4AE86 #CBC7AC #E3E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4AE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4AE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE86

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE86	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.055 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6a9',
    500: '#b4ae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae86;
$custom-light: #cbc6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 23.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.055,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE86

secondary

#C2C5D3

accent

#50A244

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE86

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

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