#B2AB31#B2AB31

#B2AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AB31
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -11.61, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 61.08, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0382 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4787, 38.8138, 8.6334)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AB31 #3138B2

analogous

#B26B31 #B2AB31 #79B231

triadic

#B2AB31 #31B2AB #AB31B2

tetradic

#B2AB31 #31B26B #3138B2 #B23179

square

#B2AB31 #31B26B #3138B2 #B23179

split-complementary

#B2AB31 #3179B2 #6B31B2

monochromatic

#524F17 #827D24 #B2AB31 #CFC851 #DCD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B2AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B2AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AB31

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AB31	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc372',
    500: '#b2ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ab31;
$custom-light: #cdc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AB31

secondary

#797DC5

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AB31

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

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