#B2B228#B2B228

#B2B228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.150 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B228
RGB	rgb(178, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -15.60, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 66.58, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0501 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.15 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6648, 41.4600, 8.1836)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B228 #2828B2

analogous

#B26D28 #B2B228 #6DB228

triadic

#B2B228 #28B2B2 #B228B2

tetradic

#B2B228 #28B26D #2828B2 #B2286D

square

#B2B228 #28B26D #2828B2 #B2286D

split-complementary

#B2B228 #286DB2 #6D28B2

monochromatic

#4E4E12 #80801D #B2B228 #D5D543 #E0E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B2B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B2B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B228

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B228	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.150 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc86e',
    500: '#b2b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b228;
$custom-light: #cdc86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74032,
    "c": 0.1497,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B228

secondary

#6F6FC7

accent

#41E641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B228

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

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