#B4B179#B4B179

#B4B179 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.075 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B179
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 32.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -7.68, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 30.10, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.02 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.075 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9960, 42.5288, 24.2928)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B179 #797CB4

analogous

#B49479 #B4B179 #9AB479

triadic

#B4B179 #79B4B1 #B179B4

tetradic

#B4B179 #79B494 #797CB4 #B4799A

square

#B4B179 #79B494 #797CB4 #B4799A

split-complementary

#B4B179 #799AB4 #9479B4

monochromatic

#737040 #9A9656 #B4B179 #CAC8A0 #E0DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4B179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B4B179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B179

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B179	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.075 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc8a0',
    500: '#b4b179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b179;
$custom-light: #cbc8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 28.23,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74932,
    "c": 0.07497,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B179

secondary

#B9BAD0

accent

#68C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B179

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

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