#B4B256#B4B256

#B4B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B256
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -11.91, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 48.16, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0351 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.115 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4234, 42.2169, 15.0323)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B256 #5658B4

analogous

#B48356 #B4B256 #87B456

triadic

#B4B256 #56B4B2 #B256B4

tetradic

#B4B256 #56B483 #5658B4 #B45687

square

#B4B256 #56B483 #5658B4 #B45687

split-complementary

#B4B256 #5687B4 #8356B4

monochromatic

#63622C #8E8C3F #B4B256 #C7C580 #DAD9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B4B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B4B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B256

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B256	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc888',
    500: '#b4b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b256;
$custom-light: #ccc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B256

secondary

#9E9FC7

accent

#5CCE59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B256

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

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