#B2B242#B2B242

#B2B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B242
RGB	rgb(178, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -14.27, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 57.12, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0439 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.133 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2650, 41.7001, 11.3445)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B242 #4242B2

analogous

#B27A42 #B2B242 #7AB242

triadic

#B2B242 #42B2B2 #B242B2

tetradic

#B2B242 #42B27A #4242B2 #B2427A

square

#B2B242 #42B27A #4242B2 #B2427A

split-complementary

#B2B242 #427AB2 #7A42B2

monochromatic

#595921 #858531 #B2B242 #C8C86A #D8D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B2B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B2B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B242

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B242	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc87c',
    500: '#b2b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b242;
$custom-light: #ccc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B242

secondary

#8C8CC4

accent

#52D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B242

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

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