#B4B274#B4B274

#B4B274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.082 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B274
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 35.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -8.82, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 33.18, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0236 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.082 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8956, 42.8058, 22.7857)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B274 #7476B4

analogous

#B49274 #B4B274 #96B474

triadic

#B4B274 #74B4B2 #B274B4

tetradic

#B4B274 #74B492 #7476B4 #B47496

square

#B4B274 #74B492 #7476B4 #B47496

split-complementary

#B4B274 #7496B4 #9274B4

monochromatic

#716F3D #999652 #B4B274 #C9C89C #DFDEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4B274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B4B274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B274

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B274	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.082 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc89d',
    500: '#b4b274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b274;
$custom-light: #cbc89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 29.907,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75055,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B274

secondary

#B5B6CF

accent

#65C662

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B274

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

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