#B2AD38#B2AD38

#B2AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AD38
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -12.29, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 59.19, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0394 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.135 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0187, 39.6388, 9.5997)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AD38 #383DB2

analogous

#B27038 #B2AD38 #7AB238

triadic

#B2AD38 #38B2AD #AD38B2

tetradic

#B2AD38 #38B270 #383DB2 #B2387A

square

#B2AD38 #38B270 #383DB2 #B2387A

split-complementary

#B2AD38 #387AB2 #7038B2

monochromatic

#55531B #838029 #B2AD38 #CCC75C #DAD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B2AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B2AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AD38

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AD38	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc576',
    500: '#b2ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ad38;
$custom-light: #ccc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73036,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AD38

secondary

#8184C5

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AD38

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

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