#B4B656#B4B656

#B4B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B656
RGB	rgb(180, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -13.97, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 49.94, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.041 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.12 110)
XYZ	xyz(37.2309, 43.8319, 15.3015)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B656 #5856B6

analogous

#B68856 #B4B656 #84B656

triadic

#B4B656 #56B4B6 #B656B4

tetradic

#B4B656 #56B688 #5856B6 #B65684

square

#B4B656 #56B688 #5856B6 #B65684

split-complementary

#B4B656 #5684B6 #8856B6

monochromatic

#64662C #8F903E #B4B656 #C7C881 #DADBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B4B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B656

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B656	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccb88',
    500: '#b4b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b656;
$custom-light: #cccb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.43831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B656

secondary

#A09FC9

accent

#58D05B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B656

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

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