#B4BC8A#B4BC8A

#B4BC8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.068 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BC8A
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(70, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -11.14, 24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 26.86, 114.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0292 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.068 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3928, 47.5050, 31.0286)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BC8A #928ABC

analogous

#BCAB8A #B4BC8A #9BBC8A

triadic

#B4BC8A #8AB4BC #BC8AB4

tetradic

#B4BC8A #8ABCAB #928ABC #BC8A9B

square

#B4BC8A #8ABCAB #928ABC #BC8A9B

split-complementary

#B4BC8A #8A9BBC #AB8ABC

monochromatic

#79814A #9BA663 #B4BC8A #CDD2B1 #E6E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B4BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#B4BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BC8A

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BC8A	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.068 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0ac',
    500: '#b4bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bc8a;
$custom-light: #cbd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77631,
    "c": 0.06819,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BC8A

secondary

#CBC8DA

accent

#40A650

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BC8A

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

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