#B2B438#B2B438

#B2B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.142 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B438
RGB	rgb(178, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -15.88, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 61.90, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0494 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.142 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3963, 42.3940, 10.0589)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B438 #3A38B4

analogous

#B47838 #B2B438 #74B438

triadic

#B2B438 #38B2B4 #B438B2

tetradic

#B2B438 #38B478 #3A38B4 #B43874

square

#B2B438 #38B478 #3A38B4 #B43874

split-complementary

#B2B438 #3874B4 #7838B4

monochromatic

#56571B #848529 #B2B438 #CBCD5D #DADB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B2B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B2B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B438

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B438	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)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.142 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca76',
    500: '#b2b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b438;
$custom-light: #ccca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74576,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B438

secondary

#8382C5

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B438

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

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