#B2AB42#B2AB42

#B2AB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AB42
RGB	rgb(178, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -10.65, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 54.32, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0336 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9076, 38.9853, 10.8920)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AB42 #4249B2

analogous

#B27342 #B2AB42 #81B242

triadic

#B2AB42 #42B2AB #AB42B2

tetradic

#B2AB42 #42B273 #4249B2 #B24281

square

#B2AB42 #42B273 #4249B2 #B24281

split-complementary

#B2AB42 #4281B2 #7342B2

monochromatic

#595521 #858031 #B2AB42 #C8C26A #D8D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B2AB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B2AB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AB42

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AB42	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37b',
    500: '#b2ab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ab42;
$custom-light: #ccc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AB42

secondary

#8C8FC4

accent

#5AD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AB42

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

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