#B2A256#B2A256

#B2A256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.099 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A256
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -4.34, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 41.50, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0132 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.099 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9612, 35.9788, 14.0107)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A256 #5666B2

analogous

#B27456 #B2A256 #94B256

triadic

#B2A256 #56B2A2 #A256B2

tetradic

#B2A256 #56B274 #5666B2 #B25694

square

#B2A256 #56B274 #5666B2 #B25694

split-complementary

#B2A256 #5694B2 #7456B2

monochromatic

#61582C #8B7E3F #B2A256 #C5B980 #D8D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B2A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B2A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A256

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A256	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.099 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd87',
    500: '#b2a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a256;
$custom-light: #cbbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70977,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A256

secondary

#9EA5C6

accent

#6ECD5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A256

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

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