#B2A224#B2A224

#B2A224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.137 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A224
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -7.44, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 62.45, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0276 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6004, 35.4345, 6.8438)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A224 #2434B2

analogous

#B25B24 #B2A224 #7BB224

triadic

#B2A224 #24B2A2 #A224B2

tetradic

#B2A224 #24B25B #2434B2 #B2247B

square

#B2A224 #24B25B #2434B2 #B2247B

split-complementary

#B2A224 #247BB2 #5B24B2

monochromatic

#4C450F #7F741A #B2A224 #D8C63C #E2D56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B2A224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B2A224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A224

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A224	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd6b',
    500: '#b2a224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a224;
$custom-light: #cdbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A224

secondary

#6974C8

accent

#52E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A224

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

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