#B2A940#B2A940

#B2A940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A940
RGB	rgb(178, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -9.73, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 54.41, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0312 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4747, 38.2123, 10.4619)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A940 #4049B2

analogous

#B27040 #B2A940 #82B240

triadic

#B2A940 #40B2A9 #A940B2

tetradic

#B2A940 #40B270 #4049B2 #B24082

square

#B2A940 #40B270 #4049B2 #B24082

split-complementary

#B2A940 #4082B2 #7040B2

monochromatic

#585420 #857E30 #B2A940 #C8C167 #D8D394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B2A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B2A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A940

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A940	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc27a',
    500: '#b2a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a940;
$custom-light: #ccc27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A940

secondary

#8A8EC4

accent

#5CD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A940

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

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