#B4AE98#B4AE98

#B4AE98 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.031 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE98
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 152)
HSL	hsl(47, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -1.64, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 12.18, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0024 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.031 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6255, 42.2429, 35.7659)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE98 #989EB4

analogous

#B4A098 #B4AE98 #ACB498

triadic

#B4AE98 #98B4AE #AE98B4

tetradic

#B4AE98 #98B4A0 #989EB4 #B498AC

square

#B4AE98 #98B4A0 #989EB4 #B498AC

split-complementary

#B4AE98 #98ACB4 #A098B4

monochromatic

#797258 #9A9275 #B4AE98 #CECABB #E8E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B4AE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B4AE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE98

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE98	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.031 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6b6',
    500: '#b4ae98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae98;
$custom-light: #cac6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.03134,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE98

secondary

#CFD1D9

accent

#5C9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE98

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

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