#B4B162#B4B162

#B4B162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B162
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 45.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -10.28, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 41.88, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0292 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.102 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7499, 42.0303, 17.7297)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B162 #6265B4

analogous

#B48862 #B4B162 #8EB462

triadic

#B4B162 #62B4B1 #B162B4

tetradic

#B4B162 #62B488 #6265B4 #B4628E

square

#B4B162 #62B488 #6265B4 #B4628E

split-complementary

#B4B162 #628EB4 #8862B4

monochromatic

#696732 #939046 #B4B162 #C8C68B #DCDAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B4B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B162

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B162	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc890',
    500: '#b4b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b162;
$custom-light: #ccc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 35.345,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74549,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B162

secondary

#A8A9CA

accent

#60CB5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B162

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

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