#B4B197#B4B197

#B4B197 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.036 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B197
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 16.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -3.41, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 14.13, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0074 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.036 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1300, 43.3824, 35.5317)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B197 #979AB4

analogous

#B4A397 #B4B197 #A9B497

triadic

#B4B197 #97B4B1 #B197B4

tetradic

#B4B197 #97B4A3 #979AB4 #B497A9

square

#B4B197 #97B4A3 #979AB4 #B497A9

split-complementary

#B4B197 #97A9B4 #A397B4

monochromatic

#797657 #9A9673 #B4B197 #CECCBB #E7E6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4B197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B4B197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B197

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B197	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.036 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac8b5',
    500: '#b4b197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b197;
$custom-light: #cac8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 16.201,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.03612,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B197

secondary

#CECFD8

accent

#539A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B197

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

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