#B4B481#B4B481

#B4B481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.069 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B481
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 25%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -8.21, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 27.37, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0212 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.069 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1062, 43.9314, 27.1841)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B481 #8181B4

analogous

#B49A81 #B4B481 #9AB481

triadic

#B4B481 #81B4B4 #B481B4

tetradic

#B4B481 #81B49A #8181B4 #B4819A

square

#B4B481 #81B49A #8181B4 #B4819A

split-complementary

#B4B481 #819AB4 #9A81B4

monochromatic

#757546 #9B9B5C #B4B481 #CBCBA7 #E2E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B4B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B481

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B481	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.069 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcaa6',
    500: '#b4b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b481;
$custom-light: #cbcaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.06873,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B481

secondary

#BFBFD2

accent

#42A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B481

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

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