#B2B038#B2B038

#B2B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B038
RGB	rgb(178, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -13.84, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 60.34, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0437 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.138 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6005, 40.8022, 9.7936)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B038 #383AB2

analogous

#B27338 #B2B038 #77B238

triadic

#B2B038 #38B2B0 #B038B2

tetradic

#B2B038 #38B273 #383AB2 #B23877

square

#B2B038 #38B273 #383AB2 #B23877

split-complementary

#B2B038 #3877B2 #7338B2

monochromatic

#55541B #838229 #B2B038 #CCCA5C #DAD98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B2B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B2B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B038

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B038	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc776',
    500: '#b2b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b038;
$custom-light: #ccc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73694,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B038

secondary

#8182C5

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B038

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

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