#B4AA52#B4AA52

#B4AA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA52
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -8.08, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 46.71, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0246 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.111 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7212, 39.0631, 13.6920)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA52 #525CB4

analogous

#B47952 #B4AA52 #8DB452

triadic

#B4AA52 #52B4AA #AA52B4

tetradic

#B4AA52 #52B479 #525CB4 #B4528D

square

#B4AA52 #52B479 #525CB4 #B4528D

split-complementary

#B4AA52 #528DB4 #7952B4

monochromatic

#615C2A #8C843D #B4AA52 #C7BF7D #D9D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B4AA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA52

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA52	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc385',
    500: '#b4aa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa52;
$custom-light: #cdc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA52

secondary

#9BA0C7

accent

#65CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA52

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

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