#B2A438#B2A438

#B2A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A438
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -7.58, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 55.93, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.026 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3507, 36.3028, 9.0437)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A438 #3846B2

analogous

#B26738 #B2A438 #83B238

triadic

#B2A438 #38B2A4 #A438B2

tetradic

#B2A438 #38B267 #3846B2 #B23883

square

#B2A438 #38B267 #3846B2 #B23883

split-complementary

#B2A438 #3883B2 #6738B2

monochromatic

#554E1B #837929 #B2A438 #CCBF5C #DAD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B2A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B2A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A438

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A438	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe75',
    500: '#b2a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a438;
$custom-light: #ccbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71078,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A438

secondary

#8189C5

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A438

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

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