#B2A457#B2A457

#B2A457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A457
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -5.31, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 41.78, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.016 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.1 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3569, 36.7052, 14.3427)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A457 #5765B2

analogous

#B27757 #B2A457 #93B257

triadic

#B2A457 #57B2A4 #A457B2

tetradic

#B2A457 #57B277 #5765B2 #B25793

square

#B2A457 #57B277 #5765B2 #B25793

split-complementary

#B2A457 #5793B2 #7757B2

monochromatic

#625A2D #8C8040 #B2A457 #C5BB81 #D8D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B2A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B2A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A457

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A457	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe88',
    500: '#b2a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a457;
$custom-light: #cbbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71417,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A457

secondary

#9EA5C6

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A457

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

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