#B2AA49#B2AA49

#B2AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA49
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -9.64, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 50.82, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0299 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.119 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9386, 38.6966, 11.9835)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA49 #4951B2

analogous

#B27649 #B2AA49 #86B249

triadic

#B2AA49 #49B2AA #AA49B2

tetradic

#B2AA49 #49B276 #4951B2 #B24986

square

#B2AA49 #49B276 #4951B2 #B24986

split-complementary

#B2AA49 #4986B2 #7649B2

monochromatic

#5B5725 #878137 #B2AA49 #C5BF73 #D7D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B2AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B2AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA49

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA49	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)

#B8A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc37f',
    500: '#b2aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa49;
$custom-light: #cbc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72539,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA49

secondary

#9397C4

accent

#60D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA49

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

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