#B4B461#B4B461

#B4B461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B461
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -11.93, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 43.74, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.034 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.106 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3021, 43.2097, 17.6823)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B461 #6161B4

analogous

#B48B61 #B4B461 #8BB461

triadic

#B4B461 #61B4B4 #B461B4

tetradic

#B4B461 #61B48B #6161B4 #B4618B

square

#B4B461 #61B48B #6161B4 #B4618B

split-complementary

#B4B461 #618BB4 #8B61B4

monochromatic

#696932 #929245 #B4B461 #C8C88B #DBDBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B4B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B461

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B461	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca90',
    500: '#b4b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b461;
$custom-light: #ccca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B461

secondary

#A7A7CA

accent

#5CCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B461

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

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