#B2A259#B2A259

#B2A259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A259
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -4.06, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 40.01, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0121 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.096 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0846, 36.0282, 14.6607)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A259 #5969B2

analogous

#B27559 #B2A259 #96B259

triadic

#B2A259 #59B2A2 #A259B2

tetradic

#B2A259 #59B275 #5969B2 #B25996

square

#B2A259 #59B275 #5969B2 #B25996

split-complementary

#B2A259 #5996B2 #7559B2

monochromatic

#63592E #8D7F41 #B2A259 #C5B983 #D9D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B2A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B2A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A259

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A259	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd89',
    500: '#b2a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a259;
$custom-light: #cbbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A259

secondary

#A0A7C7

accent

#70CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A259

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

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