#B2B356#B2B356
#B2B356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B2B356 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(178, 179, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 38%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 52%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.13, -13.26, 46.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.13, 48.60, 105.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.65% -0.0388 0.1098) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.65% 0.117 109.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.1608, 42.3779, 15.0772) |
| Luminance | 0.4238 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 3.65
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 5.30
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 5.63
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 6.26
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 6.30
Tan Green
#A9BE70
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B2B356 #5756B3
analogous
#B38656 #B2B356 #84B356
triadic
#B2B356 #56B2B3 #B356B2
tetradic
#B2B356 #56B386 #5756B3 #B35684
square
#B2B356 #56B386 #5756B3 #B35684
split-complementary
#B2B356 #5684B3 #8656B3
monochromatic
#62622C #8C8D3F #B2B356 #C5C680 #D8D9AA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#B2B356 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.48
#B2B356 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B2B356
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B2B356 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B2B356 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.48 | 9.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAC4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1B05B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BDA99E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b2b356; /* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 179, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 109.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cbc988',
500: '#b2b356',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b2b356; $custom-light: #cbc988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b2b356",
"rgb": {
"r": 178,
"g": 179,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.645,
"s": 37.959,
"l": 51.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74652,
"c": 0.1165,
"h": 109.5
},
"luminance": 0.42377
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B2B356
secondary
#9E9EC7
accent
#5ACE5B
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F9F8F0
border
#D2D1CB
text
#14130C
muted
#82827D