#B2A242#B2A242

#B2A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A242
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -5.91, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 50.96, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0201 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2651, 35.7004, 10.3445)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A242 #4252B2

analogous

#B26A42 #B2A242 #8AB242

triadic

#B2A242 #42B2A2 #A242B2

tetradic

#B2A242 #42B26A #4252B2 #B2428A

square

#B2A242 #42B26A #4252B2 #B2428A

split-complementary

#B2A242 #428AB2 #6A42B2

monochromatic

#595121 #857931 #B2A242 #C8BA6A #D8CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B2A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B2A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A242

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A242	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd7b',
    500: '#b2a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a242;
$custom-light: #ccbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70739,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A242

secondary

#8C94C4

accent

#65D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A242

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

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