#B4AF4E#B4AF4E

#B4AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF4E
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -11.01, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 50.62, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0334 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.119 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5286, 40.9144, 13.2320)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF4E #4E53B4

analogous

#B47C4E #B4AF4E #86B44E

triadic

#B4AF4E #4EB4AF #AF4EB4

tetradic

#B4AF4E #4EB47C #4E53B4 #B44E86

square

#B4AF4E #4EB47C #4E53B4 #B44E86

split-complementary

#B4AF4E #4E86B4 #7C4EB4

monochromatic

#5F5D28 #8A863B #B4AF4E #C6C279 #D8D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B4AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF4E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF4E	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc683',
    500: '#b4af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af4e;
$custom-light: #cdc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF4E

secondary

#989AC6

accent

#5DD057

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF4E

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

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