#B2AD42#B2AD42

#B2AD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AD42
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -11.69, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 55.10, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0366 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.128 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2882, 39.7466, 11.0189)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AD42 #4247B2

analogous

#B27542 #B2AD42 #7FB242

triadic

#B2AD42 #42B2AD #AD42B2

tetradic

#B2AD42 #42B275 #4247B2 #B2427F

square

#B2AD42 #42B275 #4247B2 #B2427F

split-complementary

#B2AD42 #427FB2 #7542B2

monochromatic

#595621 #858231 #B2AD42 #C8C36A #D8D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B2AD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B2AD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AD42

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AD42	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc57b',
    500: '#b2ad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ad42;
$custom-light: #ccc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73122,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AD42

secondary

#8C8EC4

accent

#58D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AD42

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

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