#B2AF37#B2AF37

#B2AF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AF37
RGB	rgb(178, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -13.38, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 60.34, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0425 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.138 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3809, 40.4019, 9.6010)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AF37 #373AB2

analogous

#B27237 #B2AF37 #77B237

triadic

#B2AF37 #37B2AF #AF37B2

tetradic

#B2AF37 #37B272 #373AB2 #B23777

square

#B2AF37 #37B272 #373AB2 #B23777

split-complementary

#B2AF37 #3777B2 #7237B2

monochromatic

#54531A #838129 #B2AF37 #CCC95A #DBD989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B2AF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B2AF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AF37

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AF37	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2af37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc675',
    500: '#b2af37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2af37;
$custom-light: #ccc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2af37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AF37

secondary

#8082C5

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AF37

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

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