#B2B040#B2B040

#B2B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B040
RGB	rgb(178, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -13.37, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 57.14, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0415 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8120, 40.8869, 10.9077)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B040 #4042B2

analogous

#B27740 #B2B040 #7BB240

triadic

#B2B040 #40B2B0 #B040B2

tetradic

#B2B040 #40B277 #4042B2 #B2407B

square

#B2B040 #40B277 #4042B2 #B2407B

split-complementary

#B2B040 #407BB2 #7740B2

monochromatic

#585720 #858330 #B2B040 #C8C767 #D8D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B2B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B2B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B040

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B040	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc77a',
    500: '#b2b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b040;
$custom-light: #ccc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73761,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B040

secondary

#8A8BC4

accent

#53D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B040

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

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