#B2A951#B2A951

#B2A951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A951
RGB	rgb(178, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -8.48, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 46.69, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0257 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.111 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0343, 38.4361, 13.4091)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A951 #515AB2

analogous

#B27851 #B2A951 #8AB251

triadic

#B2A951 #51B2A9 #A951B2

tetradic

#B2A951 #51B278 #515AB2 #B2518A

square

#B2A951 #51B278 #515AB2 #B2518A

split-complementary

#B2A951 #518AB2 #7851B2

monochromatic

#5F5A2A #89823D #B2A951 #C5BE7B #D8D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B2A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B2A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A951

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A951	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc284',
    500: '#b2a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a951;
$custom-light: #cbc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A951

secondary

#9A9EC5

accent

#64CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A951

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

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