#B2A257#B2A257

#B2A257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A257
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -4.24, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 41.01, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0129 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.098 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0018, 35.9950, 14.2243)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A257 #5767B2

analogous

#B27557 #B2A257 #94B257

triadic

#B2A257 #57B2A2 #A257B2

tetradic

#B2A257 #57B275 #5767B2 #B25794

square

#B2A257 #57B275 #5767B2 #B25794

split-complementary

#B2A257 #5794B2 #7557B2

monochromatic

#62582D #8C7E40 #B2A257 #C5B981 #D8D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B2A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B2A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A257

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A257	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)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd88',
    500: '#b2a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a257;
$custom-light: #cbbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A257

secondary

#9EA5C6

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A257

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

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