#B2AA57#B2AA57

#B2AA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AA57
RGB	rgb(178, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -8.49, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 44.20, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0251 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.106 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4561, 38.9036, 14.7091)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AA57 #575FB2

analogous

#B27D57 #B2AA57 #8DB257

triadic

#B2AA57 #57B2AA #AA57B2

tetradic

#B2AA57 #57B27D #575FB2 #B2578D

square

#B2AA57 #57B27D #575FB2 #B2578D

split-complementary

#B2AA57 #578DB2 #7D57B2

monochromatic

#625D2D #8C8540 #B2AA57 #C5BF81 #D8D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B2AA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B2AA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AA57

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AA57	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)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc388',
    500: '#b2aa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aa57;
$custom-light: #cbc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AA57

secondary

#9EA2C6

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AA57

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

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