#B2B440#B2B440

#B2B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B440
RGB	rgb(178, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -15.42, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 58.77, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0473 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.137 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6079, 42.4786, 11.1730)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B440 #4240B4

analogous

#B47C40 #B2B440 #78B440

triadic

#B2B440 #40B2B4 #B440B2

tetradic

#B2B440 #40B47C #4240B4 #B44078

square

#B2B440 #40B47C #4240B4 #B44078

split-complementary

#B2B440 #4078B4 #7C40B4

monochromatic

#595A20 #858730 #B2B440 #C8C968 #D8D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B2B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B2B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B440

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B440	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca7b',
    500: '#b2b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b440;
$custom-light: #ccca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74641,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B440

secondary

#8C8BC5

accent

#51D753

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B440

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

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