#B2A559#B2A559

#B2A559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A559
RGB	rgb(178, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -5.66, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 41.18, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0167 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.098 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6194, 37.0977, 14.8389)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A559 #5966B2

analogous

#B27959 #B2A559 #93B259

triadic

#B2A559 #59B2A5 #A559B2

tetradic

#B2A559 #59B279 #5966B2 #B25993

square

#B2A559 #59B279 #5966B2 #B25993

split-complementary

#B2A559 #5993B2 #7959B2

monochromatic

#635B2E #8D8241 #B2A559 #C5BC83 #D9D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B2A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B2A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A559

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A559	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf8a',
    500: '#b2a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a559;
$custom-light: #cbbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A559

secondary

#A0A6C7

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A559

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

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