#B2A261#B2A261

#B2A261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.087 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A261
RGB	rgb(178, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -3.27, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 35.96, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.009 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.087 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4390, 36.1699, 16.5270)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A261 #6171B2

analogous

#B27A61 #B2A261 #9AB261

triadic

#B2A261 #61B2A2 #A261B2

tetradic

#B2A261 #61B27A #6171B2 #B2619A

square

#B2A261 #61B27A #6171B2 #B2619A

split-complementary

#B2A261 #619AB2 #7A61B2

monochromatic

#675C32 #908146 #B2A261 #C6BA8A #DAD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B2A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B2A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A261

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A261	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.087 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd8f',
    500: '#b2a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a261;
$custom-light: #cabd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71139,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A261

secondary

#A6ADC9

accent

#73CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A261

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

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