#B4AE8A#B4AE8A

#B4AE8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.050 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE8A
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -3.78, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 19.66, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0083 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.05 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5459, 41.8110, 30.0796)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE8A #8A90B4

analogous

#B4998A #B4AE8A #A5B48A

triadic

#B4AE8A #8AB4AE #AE8AB4

tetradic

#B4AE8A #8AB499 #8A90B4 #B48AA5

square

#B4AE8A #8AB499 #8A90B4 #B48AA5

split-complementary

#B4AE8A #8AA5B4 #998AB4

monochromatic

#77714C #9C9465 #B4AE8A #CCC8AF #E4E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B4AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE8A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE8A	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.050 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6ac',
    500: '#b4ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae8a;
$custom-light: #cbc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74644,
    "c": 0.04982,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE8A

secondary

#C5C7D5

accent

#52A045

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE8A

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

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