#B4B49C#B4B49C

#B4B49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.033 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B49C
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -4.20, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 12.97, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0098 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.033 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1438, 44.7464, 37.9155)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B49C #9C9CB4

analogous

#B4A89C #B4B49C #A8B49C

triadic

#B4B49C #9CB4B4 #B49CB4

tetradic

#B4B49C #9CB4A8 #9C9CB4 #B49CA8

square

#B4B49C #9CB4A8 #9C9CB4 #B49CA8

split-complementary

#B4B49C #9CA8B4 #A89CB4

monochromatic

#7A7A5C #9A9A79 #B4B49C #CECEBF #E9E9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B4B49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B4B49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B49C

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B49C	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.033 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacab9',
    500: '#b4b49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b49c;
$custom-light: #cacab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76336,
    "c": 0.03322,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B49C

secondary

#D2D2DA

accent

#4E984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B49C

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

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