#B2AA40#B2AA40

#B2AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA40
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -10.26, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 54.79, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0327 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.6615, 38.5858, 10.5242)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA40 #4048B2

analogous

#B27140 #B2AA40 #81B240

triadic

#B2AA40 #40B2AA #AA40B2

tetradic

#B2AA40 #40B271 #4048B2 #B24081

square

#B2AA40 #40B271 #4048B2 #B24081

split-complementary

#B2AA40 #4081B2 #7140B2

monochromatic

#585420 #857F30 #B2AA40 #C8C167 #D8D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B2AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B2AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA40

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA40	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37a',
    500: '#b2aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa40;
$custom-light: #ccc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72449,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.38585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA40

secondary

#8A8EC4

accent

#5AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA40

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

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