#B4AE87#B4AE87

#B4AE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.054 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE87
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -4.21, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 21.26, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0096 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.054 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3317, 41.7254, 28.9515)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE87 #878DB4

analogous

#B49887 #B4AE87 #A4B487

triadic

#B4AE87 #87B4AE #AE87B4

tetradic

#B4AE87 #87B498 #878DB4 #B487A4

square

#B4AE87 #87B498 #878DB4 #B487A4

split-complementary

#B4AE87 #87A4B4 #9887B4

monochromatic

#77714A #9C9462 #B4AE87 #CCC7AD #E3E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4AE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4AE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE87

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE87	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)

#B6AB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.054 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6aa',
    500: '#b4ae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae87;
$custom-light: #cbc6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.05372,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE87

secondary

#C3C5D4

accent

#50A244

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE87

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

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