#B2A023#B2A023

#B2A023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A023
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -6.41, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 62.16, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0248 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2358, 34.7295, 6.6479)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A023 #2335B2

analogous

#B25923 #B2A023 #7CB223

triadic

#B2A023 #23B2A0 #A023B2

tetradic

#B2A023 #23B259 #2335B2 #B2237C

square

#B2A023 #23B259 #2335B2 #B2237C

split-complementary

#B2A023 #237CB2 #5923B2

monochromatic

#4C440F #7F7219 #B2A023 #D8C43A #E2D46D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B2A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B2A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A023

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A023	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb6a',
    500: '#b2a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a023;
$custom-light: #cdbb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A023

secondary

#6874C9

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A023

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

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