#B4BD8A#B4BD8A

#B4BD8A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.070 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD8A
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(71, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -11.66, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 27.41, 115.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0307 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.07 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6072, 47.9337, 31.1001)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD8A #938ABD

analogous

#BDAD8A #B4BD8A #9BBD8A

triadic

#B4BD8A #8AB4BD #BD8AB4

tetradic

#B4BD8A #8ABDAD #938ABD #BD8A9B

square

#B4BD8A #8ABDAD #938ABD #BD8A9B

split-complementary

#B4BD8A #8A9BBD #AD8ABD

monochromatic

#79834A #9BA763 #B4BD8A #CDD3B1 #E6E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B4BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#B4BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD8A

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD8A	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.070 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0ac',
    500: '#b4bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd8a;
$custom-light: #cbd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.06962,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD8A

secondary

#CCC9DA

accent

#3FA651

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD8A

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

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