#B4AE96#B4AE96

#B4AE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.034 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE96
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -1.96, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 13.25, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0033 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.034 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4631, 42.1780, 34.9105)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE96 #969CB4

analogous

#B49F96 #B4AE96 #ABB496

triadic

#B4AE96 #96B4AE #AE96B4

tetradic

#B4AE96 #96B49F #969CB4 #B496AB

square

#B4AE96 #96B49F #969CB4 #B496AB

split-complementary

#B4AE96 #96ABB4 #9F96B4

monochromatic

#797256 #9B9272 #B4AE96 #CECABA #E7E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4AE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B4AE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE96

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE96	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.034 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6b5',
    500: '#b4ae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae96;
$custom-light: #cac6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74927,
    "c": 0.034,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE96

secondary

#CED0D8

accent

#5B9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE96

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

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