#B2AA42#B2AA42

#B2AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.125 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA42
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -10.13, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 53.93, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0321 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.125 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7194, 38.6090, 10.8293)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA42 #424AB2

analogous

#B27242 #B2AA42 #82B242

triadic

#B2AA42 #42B2AA #AA42B2

tetradic

#B2AA42 #42B272 #424AB2 #B24282

square

#B2AA42 #42B272 #424AB2 #B24282

split-complementary

#B2AA42 #4282B2 #7242B2

monochromatic

#595521 #857F31 #B2AA42 #C8C16A #D8D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B2AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B2AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA42

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA42	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.125 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37b',
    500: '#b2aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa42;
$custom-light: #ccc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA42

secondary

#8C90C4

accent

#5CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA42

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

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