#B4AC52#B4AC52

#B4AC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC52
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -9.13, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 47.52, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0276 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.113 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0990, 39.8187, 13.8179)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC52 #525AB4

analogous

#B47B52 #B4AC52 #8BB452

triadic

#B4AC52 #52B4AC #AC52B4

tetradic

#B4AC52 #52B47B #525AB4 #B4528B

square

#B4AC52 #52B47B #525AB4 #B4528B

split-complementary

#B4AC52 #528BB4 #7B52B4

monochromatic

#615D2A #8C863D #B4AC52 #C7C07D #D9D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B4AC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC52

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC52	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc485',
    500: '#b4ac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac52;
$custom-light: #cdc485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73254,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC52

secondary

#9B9FC7

accent

#62CF58

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC52

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

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