#B2A459#B2A459

#B2A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A459
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -5.13, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 40.78, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0152 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.098 99)
XYZ	xyz(33.4397, 36.7384, 14.7790)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A459 #5967B2

analogous

#B27859 #B2A459 #94B259

triadic

#B2A459 #59B2A4 #A459B2

tetradic

#B2A459 #59B278 #5967B2 #B25994

square

#B2A459 #59B278 #5967B2 #B25994

split-complementary

#B2A459 #5994B2 #7859B2

monochromatic

#635A2E #8D8141 #B2A459 #C5BB83 #D9D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B2A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B2A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A459

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A459	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe89',
    500: '#b2a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a459;
$custom-light: #cbbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.562,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A459

secondary

#A0A6C7

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A459

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

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