#B4B298#B4B298

#B4B298 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.036 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B298
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -3.78, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 14.09, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0085 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.036 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4098, 43.8115, 36.0273)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B298 #989AB4

analogous

#B4A498 #B4B298 #A8B498

triadic

#B4B298 #98B4B2 #B298B4

tetradic

#B4B298 #98B4A4 #989AB4 #B498A8

square

#B4B298 #98B4A4 #989AB4 #B498A8

split-complementary

#B4B298 #98A8B4 #A498B4

monochromatic

#797758 #9A9875 #B4B298 #CECCBB #E8E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B4B298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B298

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B298	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.036 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac9b6',
    500: '#b4b298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b298;
$custom-light: #cac9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75816,
    "c": 0.03602,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B298

secondary

#CFD0D9

accent

#519A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B298

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

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