#B2AD52#B2AD52

#B2AD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AD52
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -10.49, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 47.87, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0314 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.114 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.8276, 39.9624, 13.8599)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AD52 #5257B2

analogous

#B27D52 #B2AD52 #87B252

triadic

#B2AD52 #52B2AD #AD52B2

tetradic

#B2AD52 #52B27D #5257B2 #B25287

square

#B2AD52 #52B27D #5257B2 #B25287

split-complementary

#B2AD52 #5287B2 #7D52B2

monochromatic

#5F5C2A #8A863D #B2AD52 #C5C17C #D8D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B2AD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B2AD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AD52

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AD52	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc585',
    500: '#b2ad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ad52;
$custom-light: #cbc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.39961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AD52

secondary

#9B9DC5

accent

#60CE59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AD52

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

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