#B2A038#B2A038

#B2A038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A038
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -5.46, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 54.58, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.02 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.124 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6461, 34.8936, 8.8088)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A038 #384AB2

analogous

#B26338 #B2A038 #87B238

triadic

#B2A038 #38B2A0 #A038B2

tetradic

#B2A038 #38B263 #384AB2 #B23887

square

#B2A038 #38B263 #384AB2 #B23887

split-complementary

#B2A038 #3887B2 #6338B2

monochromatic

#554C1B #837629 #B2A038 #CCBB5C #DACE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B2A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B2A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A038

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A038	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)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb74',
    500: '#b2a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a038;
$custom-light: #ccbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70217,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A038

secondary

#818BC5

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A038

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

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