#B2A231#B2A231

#B2A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A231
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -6.89, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 58.00, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0248 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(31.8363, 35.5288, 8.0859)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A231 #3141B2

analogous

#B26231 #B2A231 #82B231

triadic

#B2A231 #31B2A2 #A231B2

tetradic

#B2A231 #31B262 #3141B2 #B23182

square

#B2A231 #31B262 #3141B2 #B23182

split-complementary

#B2A231 #3182B2 #6231B2

monochromatic

#524B17 #827624 #B2A231 #CFBF51 #DCD181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B2A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B2A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A231

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A231	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd71',
    500: '#b2a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a231;
$custom-light: #cdbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70592,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A231

secondary

#7983C5

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A231

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

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