#B2A462#B2A462

#B2A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.088 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A462
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 44.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -4.24, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 36.23, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0117 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.088 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8410, 36.8989, 16.8925)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A462 #6270B2

analogous

#B27C62 #B2A462 #98B262

triadic

#B2A462 #62B2A4 #A462B2

tetradic

#B2A462 #62B27C #6270B2 #B26298

square

#B2A462 #62B27C #6270B2 #B26298

split-complementary

#B2A462 #6298B2 #7C62B2

monochromatic

#675E33 #908347 #B2A462 #C6BC8B #DAD4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B2A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B2A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A462

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A462	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.088 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe90',
    500: '#b2a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a462;
$custom-light: #cabe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 34.188,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A462

secondary

#A7ADC9

accent

#71CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A462

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

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