#B4B189#B4B189

#B4B189 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.055 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B189
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -5.52, 20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 21.63, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0133 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.055 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0598, 42.9543, 29.8954)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B189 #898CB4

analogous

#B49C89 #B4B189 #A2B489

triadic

#B4B189 #89B4B1 #B189B4

tetradic

#B4B189 #89B49C #898CB4 #B489A2

square

#B4B189 #89B49C #898CB4 #B489A2

split-complementary

#B4B189 #89A2B4 #9C89B4

monochromatic

#77744C #9C9864 #B4B189 #CCCAAE #E4E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4B189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B189

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B189	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.055 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc8ab',
    500: '#b4b189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b189;
$custom-light: #cbc8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 22.28,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.05469,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B189

secondary

#C5C6D4

accent

#4BA145

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B189

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

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