#B2A040#B2A040

#B2A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A040
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -4.97, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 51.16, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0177 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.117 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8577, 34.9782, 9.9229)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A040 #4052B2

analogous

#B26740 #B2A040 #8BB240

triadic

#B2A040 #40B2A0 #A040B2

tetradic

#B2A040 #40B267 #4052B2 #B2408B

square

#B2A040 #40B267 #4052B2 #B2408B

split-complementary

#B2A040 #408BB2 #6740B2

monochromatic

#584F20 #857830 #B2A040 #C8B967 #D8CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B2A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B2A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A040

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A040	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb79',
    500: '#b2a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a040;
$custom-light: #ccbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7029,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A040

secondary

#8A93C4

accent

#66D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A040

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

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