#B2AA31#B2AA31

#B2AA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA31
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -11.09, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 60.73, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0367 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2906, 38.4374, 8.5707)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA31 #3139B2

analogous

#B26A31 #B2AA31 #7AB231

triadic

#B2AA31 #31B2AA #AA31B2

tetradic

#B2AA31 #31B26A #3139B2 #B2317A

square

#B2AA31 #31B26A #3139B2 #B2317A

split-complementary

#B2AA31 #317AB2 #6A31B2

monochromatic

#524E17 #827C24 #B2AA31 #CFC751 #DCD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B2AA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B2AA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA31

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA31	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)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc372',
    500: '#b2aa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa31;
$custom-light: #cdc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA31

secondary

#797EC5

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA31

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

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