#B2AA55#B2AA55

#B2AA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA55
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -8.67, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 45.18, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0258 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.108 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3755, 38.8714, 14.2847)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA55 #555DB2

analogous

#B27C55 #B2AA55 #8CB255

triadic

#B2AA55 #55B2AA #AA55B2

tetradic

#B2AA55 #55B27C #555DB2 #B2558C

square

#B2AA55 #55B27C #555DB2 #B2558C

split-complementary

#B2AA55 #558CB2 #7C55B2

monochromatic

#615C2C #8B843F #B2AA55 #C5BF7F #D8D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B2AA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B2AA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA55

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA55	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc387',
    500: '#b2aa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa55;
$custom-light: #cbc387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.839,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72681,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA55

secondary

#9DA0C6

accent

#64CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA55

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

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