#B2A42B#B2A42B

#B2A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.135 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A42B
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -8.22, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 60.81, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0292 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.135 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0731, 36.1917, 7.5813)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A42B #2B39B2

analogous

#B2602B #B2A42B #7CB22B

triadic

#B2A42B #2BB2A4 #A42BB2

tetradic

#B2A42B #2BB260 #2B39B2 #B22B7C

square

#B2A42B #2BB260 #2B39B2 #B22B7C

split-complementary

#B2A42B #2B7CB2 #602BB2

monochromatic

#4F4913 #81771F #B2A42B #D3C448 #DFD479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B2A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B2A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A42B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A42B	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.135 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe6e',
    500: '#b2a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a42b;
$custom-light: #cdbe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70984,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A42B

secondary

#727BC7

accent

#54E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A42B

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

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