#B4AB52#B4AB52

#B4AB52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB52
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -8.60, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 47.11, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0261 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.112 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9094, 39.4395, 13.7547)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB52 #525BB4

analogous

#B47A52 #B4AB52 #8CB452

triadic

#B4AB52 #52B4AB #AB52B4

tetradic

#B4AB52 #52B47A #525BB4 #B4528C

square

#B4AB52 #52B47A #525BB4 #B4528C

split-complementary

#B4AB52 #528CB4 #7A52B4

monochromatic

#615C2A #8C853D #B4AB52 #C7C07D #D9D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4AB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB52

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB52	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc385',
    500: '#b4ab52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab52;
$custom-light: #cdc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB52

secondary

#9B9FC7

accent

#63CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB52

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

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