#B4B596#B4B596

#B4B596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.043 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B596
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(62, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -5.69, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 16.72, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0138 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.043 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8508, 44.9534, 35.3731)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B596 #9796B5

analogous

#B5A696 #B4B596 #A5B596

triadic

#B4B596 #96B4B5 #B596B4

tetradic

#B4B596 #96B5A6 #9796B5 #B596A5

square

#B4B596 #96B5A6 #9796B5 #B596A5

split-complementary

#B4B596 #96A5B5 #A696B5

monochromatic

#797A56 #9A9C72 #B4B596 #CECEBA #E7E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B4B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#B4B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B596

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B596	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.043 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacbb5',
    500: '#b4b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b596;
$custom-light: #cacbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.04268,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B596

secondary

#CECED9

accent

#4A9C4D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B596

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

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