#B2B359#B2B359

#B2B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B359
RGB	rgb(178, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -13.00, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 47.17, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0378 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.114 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2842, 42.4273, 15.7272)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B359 #5A59B3

analogous

#B38759 #B2B359 #85B359

triadic

#B2B359 #59B2B3 #B359B2

tetradic

#B2B359 #59B387 #5A59B3 #B35985

square

#B2B359 #59B387 #5A59B3 #B35985

split-complementary

#B2B359 #5985B3 #8759B3

monochromatic

#63642E #8D8E41 #B2B359 #C5C683 #D9D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B2B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B2B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B359

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B359	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc98a',
    500: '#b2b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b359;
$custom-light: #cbc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7469,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B359

secondary

#A1A0C7

accent

#5BCD5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B359

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

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