#B2A538#B2A538

#B2A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A538
RGB	rgb(178, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -8.11, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 56.28, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0275 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5304, 36.6621, 9.1036)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A538 #3845B2

analogous

#B26838 #B2A538 #82B238

triadic

#B2A538 #38B2A5 #A538B2

tetradic

#B2A538 #38B268 #3845B2 #B23882

square

#B2A538 #38B268 #3845B2 #B23882

split-complementary

#B2A538 #3882B2 #6838B2

monochromatic

#554F1B #837A29 #B2A538 #CCC05C #DAD28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B2A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B2A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A538

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A538	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf75',
    500: '#b2a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a538;
$custom-light: #ccbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71294,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A538

secondary

#8188C5

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A538

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

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