#B2A037#B2A037

#B2A037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A037
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -5.51, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 54.99, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0203 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6219, 34.8839, 8.6813)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A037 #3749B2

analogous

#B26337 #B2A037 #86B237

triadic

#B2A037 #37B2A0 #A037B2

tetradic

#B2A037 #37B263 #3749B2 #B23786

square

#B2A037 #37B263 #3749B2 #B23786

split-complementary

#B2A037 #3786B2 #6337B2

monochromatic

#544C1A #837629 #B2A037 #CCBB5A #DBCF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B2A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B2A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A037

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A037	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb74',
    500: '#b2a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a037;
$custom-light: #ccbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A037

secondary

#808AC5

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A037

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

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