#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
RGBrgb(180, 174, 141)
HSLhsl(51, 21%, 63%)
HSVhsv(51, 22%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.3%, 21.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.80, -3.34, 17.75)
CIE-LCHlch(70.80, 18.06, 100.66°)
OKLaboklab(74.71% -0.007 0.0454)
OKLCHoklch(74.71% 0.046 98.8)
XYZxyz(38.7661, 41.8991, 31.2393)
Luminance0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B4AE8D1.002.249.389.38
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3821.001.001.00
##0000009.3821.001.001.00

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

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#B4AE8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva