#B2AA56#B2AA56

#B2AA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA56
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -8.58, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 44.69, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0255 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.107 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4155, 38.8874, 14.4954)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA56 #565EB2

analogous

#B27C56 #B2AA56 #8CB256

triadic

#B2AA56 #56B2AA #AA56B2

tetradic

#B2AA56 #56B27C #565EB2 #B2568C

square

#B2AA56 #56B27C #565EB2 #B2568C

split-complementary

#B2AA56 #568CB2 #7C56B2

monochromatic

#615D2C #8B853F #B2AA56 #C5BF80 #D8D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B2AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B2AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA56

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA56	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc388',
    500: '#b2aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa56;
$custom-light: #cbc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA56

secondary

#9EA1C6

accent

#64CD5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA56

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

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