#B2A836#B2A836

#B2A836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A836
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -9.80, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 58.13, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0325 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.132 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0299, 37.7379, 9.0336)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A836 #3640B2

analogous

#B26A36 #B2A836 #7EB236

triadic

#B2A836 #36B2A8 #A836B2

tetradic

#B2A836 #36B26A #3640B2 #B2367E

square

#B2A836 #36B26A #3640B2 #B2367E

split-complementary

#B2A836 #367EB2 #6A36B2

monochromatic

#544F1A #837C28 #B2A836 #CDC359 #DBD488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B2A836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B2A836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A836

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A836	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc174',
    500: '#b2a836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a836;
$custom-light: #ccc174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A836

secondary

#7F85C5

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A836

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

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