#B2AA38#B2AA38

#B2AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.132 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA38
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -10.73, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 58.07, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0349 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.132 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4499, 38.5012, 9.4101)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA38 #3840B2

analogous

#B26D38 #B2AA38 #7DB238

triadic

#B2AA38 #38B2AA #AA38B2

tetradic

#B2AA38 #38B26D #3840B2 #B2387D

square

#B2AA38 #38B26D #3840B2 #B2387D

split-complementary

#B2AA38 #387DB2 #6D38B2

monochromatic

#55511B #837E29 #B2AA38 #CCC45C #DAD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B2AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B2AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA38

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA38	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.132 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc375',
    500: '#b2aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa38;
$custom-light: #ccc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA38

secondary

#8186C5

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA38

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

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