#B2B42A#B2B42A

#B2B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.151 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B42A
RGB	rgb(178, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -16.54, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 66.71, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0526 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.151 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1005, 42.2757, 8.5011)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B42A #2C2AB4

analogous

#B4712A #B2B42A #6DB42A

triadic

#B2B42A #2AB2B4 #B42AB2

tetradic

#B2B42A #2AB471 #2C2AB4 #B42A6D

square

#B2B42A #2AB471 #2C2AB4 #B42A6D

split-complementary

#B2B42A #2A6DB4 #712AB4

monochromatic

#505113 #81821E #B2B42A #D2D447 #DEE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B2B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B2B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B42A

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B42A	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.151 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca6f',
    500: '#b2b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b42a;
$custom-light: #cdca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74485,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B42A

secondary

#7372C8

accent

#43E545

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B42A

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

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