HEX atlas value

#B2AC88

#B2AC88 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Sage Gray. RGB 178, 172, 136, HSL 51° 21% 62%, luminance 0.4075; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm muted earth-tone

#B2AC88 Sample readable text

HEX #B2AC88

RGB rgb(178, 172, 136)

HSL hsl(51 21% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 24, 30)

Luminance 0.4075

Contrast Black 9.15:1White 2.3:1

CSS

--color-b2ac88: #B2AC88;
.background-b2ac88 { background-color: #B2AC88; }
.text-b2ac88 { color: #B2AC88; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B2AC88

#B2AC88 is classified as a warm yellow value with muted and earth tone visual character. #B2AC88 is visually closest to Sage Gray, a named yellow color with HEX #B2AC88.

The RGB channels are 178, 172, and 136, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 51deg with 21% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.4075, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.15:1AA Pass

White text2.3:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B2AC88 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.15:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.3:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D7D3C1#D7D3C1 · #000000 text · best 13.98:1 #C8BB74#C8BB74 · #000000 text · best 10.82:1 Sand#C2B280 · #000000 text · best 9.97:1 Willow Green#A8B88F · #000000 text · best 9.92:1 #A4B28A#A4B28A · #000000 text · best 9.31:1

Generated Palette

Sage Gray#B2AC88

#8A90B2#8A90B2

#B2988A#B2988A

#A4B28A#A4B28A

#D7D3C1#D7D3C1

#888159#888159

Color Harmonies

#8A90B2#8A90B2

#B2988A#B2988A

#A4B28A#A4B28A

#8AB2AC#8AB2AC

#AC8AB2#AC8AB2

Variants

#D7D3C1#D7D3C1

#888159#888159

#C8BB74#C8BB74

#9E9E9E#9E9E9E

#E0DFDC#E0DFDC

#FFE866#FFE866

Nearest Named Colors

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Willow Green#A8B88F

Greige#B0A999

Cement#A5A391

Ecru#C2B280

Luminance0.4075

Black text9.15:1AA Pass

White text2.3:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B2AC88","rgb":[178,172,136],"hsl":[51,21,62],"cmyk":[0,3,24,30],"luminance":0.4075,"contrast":{"black":9.15,"white":2.3}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.15,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.3,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D7D3C1","hex":"#D7D3C1","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.98,"contrastWhite":1.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C8BB74","hex":"#C8BB74","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.82,"contrastWhite":1.94,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sand","hex":"#C2B280","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.97,"contrastWhite":2.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.92,"contrastWhite":2.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A4B28A","hex":"#A4B28A","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.31,"contrastWhite":2.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","earth tone","muted yellow","earth tone yellow","Sage Gray adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b2ac88.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/willow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8A90B2","analogous":["#B2988A","#A4B28A"],"triadic":["#8AB2AC","#AC8AB2"],"tetradic":["#8AB298","#8A90B2","#B28AA4"],"splitComplementary":["#8AA4B2","#988AB2"],"monochromatic":["#D7D3C1","#B2AC88","#888159"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D7D3C1","dark":"#888159","saturated":"#C8BB74","desaturated":"#9E9E9E","pastel":"#E0DFDC","neon":"#FFE866"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":0},{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":17.11724276862369},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":17.378147196982766},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":18.193405398660254},{"slug":"ecru","name":"Ecru","hex":"#C2B280","distance":18.867962264113206}]

#B2AC88

CSS

About #B2AC88

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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