#B2AD2A#B2AD2A

#B2AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AD2A
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -12.96, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 64.18, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0426 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.144 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7230, 39.5205, 8.0419)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AD2A #2A2FB2

analogous

#B2692A #B2AD2A #73B22A

triadic

#B2AD2A #2AB2AD #AD2AB2

tetradic

#B2AD2A #2AB269 #2A2FB2 #B22A73

square

#B2AD2A #2AB269 #2A2FB2 #B22A73

split-complementary

#B2AD2A #2A73B2 #692AB2

monochromatic

#4F4D13 #807D1E #B2AD2A #D3CE46 #DFDB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B2AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B2AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AD2A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AD2A	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc56f',
    500: '#b2ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ad2a;
$custom-light: #cdc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72941,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AD2A

secondary

#7174C7

accent

#49E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AD2A

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

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