#B2AA39#B2AA39

#B2AA39 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	#B2AA39
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -10.68, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 57.68, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0347 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.132 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4746, 38.5111, 9.5402)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA39 #3941B2

analogous

#B26D39 #B2AA39 #7DB239

triadic

#B2AA39 #39B2AA #AA39B2

tetradic

#B2AA39 #39B26D #3941B2 #B2397D

square

#B2AA39 #39B26D #3941B2 #B2397D

split-complementary

#B2AA39 #397DB2 #6D39B2

monochromatic

#55511B #847E2A #B2AA39 #CBC45D #DAD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B2AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B2AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA39

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA39	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)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.132 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc376',
    500: '#b2aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa39;
$custom-light: #ccc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA39

secondary

#8287C4

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA39

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

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