#B2AC38#B2AC38

#B2AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AC38
RGB	rgb(178, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -11.77, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 58.82, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0379 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.134 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8277, 39.2567, 9.5360)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AC38 #383EB2

analogous

#B26F38 #B2AC38 #7BB238

triadic

#B2AC38 #38B2AC #AC38B2

tetradic

#B2AC38 #38B26F #383EB2 #B2387B

square

#B2AC38 #38B26F #383EB2 #B2387B

split-complementary

#B2AC38 #387BB2 #6F38B2

monochromatic

#55521B #837F29 #B2AC38 #CCC65C #DAD68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B2AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B2AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AC38

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AC38	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc476',
    500: '#b2ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ac38;
$custom-light: #ccc476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AC38

secondary

#8185C5

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AC38

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

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