#B2AF38#B2AF38

#B2AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AF38
RGB	rgb(178, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -13.32, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 59.95, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0423 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.137 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4051, 40.4115, 9.7285)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AF38 #383BB2

analogous

#B27238 #B2AF38 #78B238

triadic

#B2AF38 #38B2AF #AF38B2

tetradic

#B2AF38 #38B272 #383BB2 #B23878

square

#B2AF38 #38B272 #383BB2 #B23878

split-complementary

#B2AF38 #3878B2 #7238B2

monochromatic

#55531B #838129 #B2AF38 #CCC95C #DAD88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B2AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B2AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AF38

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AF38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc676',
    500: '#b2af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2af38;
$custom-light: #ccc676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AF38

secondary

#8183C5

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AF38

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

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