#B2A042#B2A042

#B2A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A042
RGB	rgb(178, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -4.84, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 50.27, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0171 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9156, 35.0014, 10.2280)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A042 #4254B2

analogous

#B26842 #B2A042 #8CB242

triadic

#B2A042 #42B2A0 #A042B2

tetradic

#B2A042 #42B268 #4254B2 #B2428C

square

#B2A042 #42B268 #4254B2 #B2428C

split-complementary

#B2A042 #428CB2 #6842B2

monochromatic

#595021 #857831 #B2A042 #C8B86A #D8CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B2A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B2A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A042

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A042	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)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb7a',
    500: '#b2a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a042;
$custom-light: #ccbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A042

secondary

#8C95C4

accent

#67D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A042

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

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