#B2B42E#B2B42E

#B2B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B42E
RGB	rgb(178, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -16.37, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 65.43, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0517 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.149 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1757, 42.3057, 8.8971)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B42E #302EB4

analogous

#B4732E #B2B42E #6FB42E

triadic

#B2B42E #2EB2B4 #B42EB2

tetradic

#B2B42E #2EB473 #302EB4 #B42E6F

square

#B2B42E #2EB473 #302EB4 #B42E6F

split-complementary

#B2B42E #2E6FB4 #732EB4

monochromatic

#525315 #828322 #B2B42E #D0D24E #DDDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B2B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B2B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B42E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B42E	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)

#C3AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca71',
    500: '#b2b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b42e;
$custom-light: #cdca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74508,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B42E

secondary

#7877C7

accent

#45E248

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B42E

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

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