#B4B49E#B4B49E

#B4B49E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.030 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B49E
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -3.87, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 11.89, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.009 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.031 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3146, 44.8147, 38.8147)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B49E #9E9EB4

analogous

#B4A99E #B4B49E #A9B49E

triadic

#B4B49E #9EB4B4 #B49EB4

tetradic

#B4B49E #9EB4A9 #9E9EB4 #B49EA9

square

#B4B49E #9EB4A9 #9E9EB4 #B49EA9

split-complementary

#B4B49E #9EA9B4 #A99EB4

monochromatic

#7A7A5E #99997B #B4B49E #CFCFC1 #E9E9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B4B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#B4B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B49E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B49E	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.030 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacaba',
    500: '#b4b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b49e;
$custom-light: #cacaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76387,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B49E

secondary

#D3D3DA

accent

#4F974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B49E

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

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