#B4B296#B4B296

#B4B296 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.039 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B296
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -4.10, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 15.16, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0093 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.039 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2474, 43.7465, 35.1719)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B296 #9698B4

analogous

#B4A396 #B4B296 #A7B496

triadic

#B4B296 #96B4B2 #B296B4

tetradic

#B4B296 #96B4A3 #9698B4 #B496A7

square

#B4B296 #96B4A3 #9698B4 #B496A7

split-complementary

#B4B296 #96A7B4 #A396B4

monochromatic

#797756 #9B9872 #B4B296 #CECCBA #E7E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B4B296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B296

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B296	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.039 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac9b5',
    500: '#b4b296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b296;
$custom-light: #cac9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75767,
    "c": 0.03872,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B296

secondary

#CECED8

accent

#509B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B296

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

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