#B4B49A#B4B49A

#B4B49A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.036 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B49A
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -4.53, 13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 14.04, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0106 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.036 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9758, 44.6792, 37.0309)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B49A #9A9AB4

analogous

#B4A79A #B4B49A #A7B49A

triadic

#B4B49A #9AB4B4 #B49AB4

tetradic

#B4B49A #9AB4A7 #9A9AB4 #B49AA7

square

#B4B49A #9AB4A7 #9A9AB4 #B49AA7

split-complementary

#B4B49A #9AA7B4 #A79AB4

monochromatic

#79795A #9A9A77 #B4B49A #CECEBD #E8E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B4B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B4B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B49A

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B49A	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.036 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacab7',
    500: '#b4b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b49a;
$custom-light: #cacab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.773,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.03593,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B49A

secondary

#D1D1D9

accent

#4D994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B49A

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

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