#B2A238#B2A238

#B2A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A238
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -6.52, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 55.24, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.023 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9956, 35.5926, 8.9253)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A238 #3848B2

analogous

#B26538 #B2A238 #85B238

triadic

#B2A238 #38B2A2 #A238B2

tetradic

#B2A238 #38B265 #3848B2 #B23885

square

#B2A238 #38B265 #3848B2 #B23885

split-complementary

#B2A238 #3885B2 #6538B2

monochromatic

#554D1B #837829 #B2A238 #CCBD5C #DAD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B2A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B2A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A238

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A238	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd75',
    500: '#b2a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a238;
$custom-light: #ccbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A238

secondary

#818AC5

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A238

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

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