#B2AD48#B2AD48

#B2AD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AD48
RGB	rgb(178, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -11.27, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 52.48, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0347 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.123 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4745, 39.8211, 11.9999)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AD48 #484DB2

analogous

#B27848 #B2AD48 #82B248

triadic

#B2AD48 #48B2AD #AD48B2

tetradic

#B2AD48 #48B278 #484DB2 #B24882

square

#B2AD48 #48B278 #484DB2 #B24882

split-complementary

#B2AD48 #4882B2 #7848B2

monochromatic

#5B5825 #868336 #B2AD48 #C6C271 #D7D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B2AD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B2AD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AD48

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AD48	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc57f',
    500: '#b2ad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ad48;
$custom-light: #ccc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73181,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AD48

secondary

#9294C4

accent

#5BD256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AD48

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

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