#B2A159#B2A159

#B2A159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A159
RGB	rgb(178, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -3.52, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 39.63, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0106 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.095 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9092, 35.6773, 14.6022)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A159 #596AB2

analogous

#B27459 #B2A159 #97B259

triadic

#B2A159 #59B2A1 #A159B2

tetradic

#B2A159 #59B274 #596AB2 #B25997

square

#B2A159 #59B274 #596AB2 #B25997

split-complementary

#B2A159 #5997B2 #7459B2

monochromatic

#63592E #8D7E41 #B2A159 #C5B983 #D9D0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B2A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B2A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A159

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A159	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbc89',
    500: '#b2a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a159;
$custom-light: #cbbc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.539,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70806,
    "c": 0.09477,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A159

secondary

#A0A7C7

accent

#71CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A159

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

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