#B4B496#B4B496

#B4B496 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.041 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B496
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -5.16, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 16.19, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0123 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.041 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6482, 44.5482, 35.3055)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B496 #9696B4

analogous

#B4A596 #B4B496 #A5B496

triadic

#B4B496 #96B4B4 #B496B4

tetradic

#B4B496 #96B4A5 #9696B4 #B496A5

square

#B4B496 #96B4A5 #9696B4 #B496A5

split-complementary

#B4B496 #96A5B4 #A596B4

monochromatic

#797956 #9B9B72 #B4B496 #CECEBA #E7E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B4B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B4B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B496

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B496	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.041 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacab5',
    500: '#b4b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b496;
$custom-light: #cacab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.04133,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B496

secondary

#CECED8

accent

#4B9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B496

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

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