#B4B278#B4B278

#B4B278 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.077 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B278
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 33.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -8.33, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 31.10, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0219 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.077 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1333, 42.9009, 24.0375)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B278 #787AB4

analogous

#B49478 #B4B278 #98B478

triadic

#B4B278 #78B4B2 #B278B4

tetradic

#B4B278 #78B494 #787AB4 #B47898

square

#B4B278 #78B494 #787AB4 #B47898

split-complementary

#B4B278 #7898B4 #9478B4

monochromatic

#72703F #9A9755 #B4B278 #CAC89F #E0DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B4B278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B278

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B278	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.077 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc89f',
    500: '#b4b278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b278;
$custom-light: #cbc89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75128,
    "c": 0.07742,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B278

secondary

#B8B9D0

accent

#66C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B278

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

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