#B2AA48#B2AA48

#B2AA48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA48
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -9.71, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 51.27, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0303 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9057, 38.6835, 11.8103)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA48 #4850B2

analogous

#B27548 #B2AA48 #85B248

triadic

#B2AA48 #48B2AA #AA48B2

tetradic

#B2AA48 #48B275 #4850B2 #B24885

square

#B2AA48 #48B275 #4850B2 #B24885

split-complementary

#B2AA48 #4885B2 #7548B2

monochromatic

#5B5725 #868036 #B2AA48 #C6BF71 #D7D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B2AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B2AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA48

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA48	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37f',
    500: '#b2aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa48;
$custom-light: #ccc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA48

secondary

#9296C4

accent

#5FD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA48

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

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