#B4AE9C#B4AE9C

#B4AE9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.026 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE9C
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(45, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -0.99, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 10.06, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0008 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.026 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9587, 42.3762, 37.5204)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE9C #9CA2B4

analogous

#B4A29C #B4AE9C #AEB49C

triadic

#B4AE9C #9CB4AE #AE9CB4

tetradic

#B4AE9C #9CB4A2 #9CA2B4 #B49CAE

square

#B4AE9C #9CB4A2 #9CA2B4 #B49CAE

split-complementary

#B4AE9C #9CAEB4 #A29CB4

monochromatic

#7A725C #9A9279 #B4AE9C #CECABF #E9E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B4AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B4AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE9C

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE9C	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.026 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6b9',
    500: '#b4ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae9c;
$custom-light: #cac6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75079,
    "c": 0.02603,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE9C

secondary

#D2D4DA

accent

#60984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE9C

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

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