#B2AD31#B2AD31

#B2AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AD31
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -12.65, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 61.80, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0411 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.14 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8594, 39.5750, 8.7603)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AD31 #3136B2

analogous

#B26C31 #B2AD31 #77B231

triadic

#B2AD31 #31B2AD #AD31B2

tetradic

#B2AD31 #31B26C #3136B2 #B23177

square

#B2AD31 #31B26C #3136B2 #B23177

split-complementary

#B2AD31 #3177B2 #6C31B2

monochromatic

#525017 #827E24 #B2AD31 #CFCA51 #DCD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B2AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B2AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AD31

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AD31	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc572',
    500: '#b2ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ad31;
$custom-light: #cdc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AD31

secondary

#797CC5

accent

#4EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AD31

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

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