#B2A225#B2A225

#B2A225 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	#B2A225
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -7.40, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 62.14, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0274 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.137 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6159, 35.4407, 6.9253)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A225 #2535B2

analogous

#B25B25 #B2A225 #7CB225

triadic

#B2A225 #25B2A2 #A225B2

tetradic

#B2A225 #25B25B #2535B2 #B2257C

square

#B2A225 #25B25B #2535B2 #B2257C

split-complementary

#B2A225 #257CB2 #5B25B2

monochromatic

#4D4610 #7F741A #B2A225 #D7C53D #E1D470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B2A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B2A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A225

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A225	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)

#B29D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.137 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd6b',
    500: '#b2a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a225;
$custom-light: #cdbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A225

secondary

#6B75C8

accent

#52E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A225

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

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