#B2B238#B2B238

#B2B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.140 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B238
RGB	rgb(178, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -14.86, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 61.12, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0466 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.14 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9955, 41.5923, 9.9253)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B238 #3838B2

analogous

#B27538 #B2B238 #75B238

triadic

#B2B238 #38B2B2 #B238B2

tetradic

#B2B238 #38B275 #3838B2 #B23875

square

#B2B238 #38B275 #3838B2 #B23875

split-complementary

#B2B238 #3875B2 #7538B2

monochromatic

#55551B #838329 #B2B238 #CCCC5C #DADA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B2B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B2B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B238

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B238	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.140 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc876',
    500: '#b2b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b238;
$custom-light: #ccc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B238

secondary

#8181C5

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B238

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

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