#B4B159#B4B159

#B4B159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.111 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B159
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -11.13, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 46.29, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0325 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.111 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3486, 41.8698, 15.6162)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B159 #595CB4

analogous

#B48359 #B4B159 #89B459

triadic

#B4B159 #59B4B1 #B159B4

tetradic

#B4B159 #59B483 #595CB4 #B45989

square

#B4B159 #59B483 #595CB4 #B45989

split-complementary

#B4B159 #5989B4 #8359B4

monochromatic

#65632E #8F8D41 #B4B159 #C7C583 #DAD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B4B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B159

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B159	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.111 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc88a',
    500: '#b4b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b159;
$custom-light: #ccc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74425,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B159

secondary

#A1A2C8

accent

#5ECE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B159

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

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