#B4AE8D#B4AE8D

#B4AE8D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.046 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE8D
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 21%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -3.34, 17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 18.06, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.007 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.046 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7661, 41.8991, 31.2393)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE8D #8D93B4

analogous

#B49A8D #B4AE8D #A6B48D

triadic

#B4AE8D #8DB4AE #AE8DB4

tetradic

#B4AE8D #8DB49A #8D93B4 #B48DA6

square

#B4AE8D #8DB49A #8D93B4 #B48DA6

split-complementary

#B4AE8D #8DA6B4 #9A8DB4

monochromatic

#78714F #9C9468 #B4AE8D #CCC8B2 #E5E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4AE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B4AE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE8D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE8D	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.046 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6ae',
    500: '#b4ae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae8d;
$custom-light: #cac6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74712,
    "c": 0.04589,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE8D

secondary

#C7CAD5

accent

#549F46

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE8D

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

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