#B2A142#B2A142

#B2A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A142
RGB	rgb(178, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -5.37, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 50.61, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0186 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0897, 35.3495, 10.2860)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A142 #4253B2

analogous

#B26942 #B2A142 #8BB242

triadic

#B2A142 #42B2A1 #A142B2

tetradic

#B2A142 #42B269 #4253B2 #B2428B

square

#B2A142 #42B269 #4253B2 #B2428B

split-complementary

#B2A142 #428BB2 #6942B2

monochromatic

#595021 #857931 #B2A142 #C8B96A #D8CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B2A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B2A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A142

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A142	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc7a',
    500: '#b2a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a142;
$custom-light: #ccbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A142

secondary

#8C94C4

accent

#66D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A142

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

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