#B4B399#B4B399

#B4B399 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.036 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B399
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -4.15, 13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 14.06, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0096 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.036 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6918, 44.2438, 36.5271)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B399 #999AB4

analogous

#B4A599 #B4B399 #A7B499

triadic

#B4B399 #99B4B3 #B399B4

tetradic

#B4B399 #99B4A5 #999AB4 #B499A7

square

#B4B399 #99B4A5 #999AB4 #B499A7

split-complementary

#B4B399 #99A7B4 #A599B4

monochromatic

#797859 #9A9976 #B4B399 #CECDBC #E8E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B4B399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B399

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B399	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.036 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac9b7',
    500: '#b4b399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b399;
$custom-light: #cac9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.03596,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B399

secondary

#D0D0D9

accent

#4F994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B399

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

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