#B2B255#B2B255

#B2B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B255
RGB	rgb(178, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -12.83, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 48.62, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0377 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.116 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9211, 41.9625, 14.7999)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B255 #5555B2

analogous

#B28455 #B2B255 #84B255

triadic

#B2B255 #55B2B2 #B255B2

tetradic

#B2B255 #55B284 #5555B2 #B25584

square

#B2B255 #55B284 #5555B2 #B25584

split-complementary

#B2B255 #5584B2 #8455B2

monochromatic

#61612C #8B8B3F #B2B255 #C5C57F #D8D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B2B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B2B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B255

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B255	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc888',
    500: '#b2b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b255;
$custom-light: #cbc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B255

secondary

#9D9DC6

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B255

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

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