#B2B538#B2B538

#B2B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.143 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B538
RGB	rgb(178, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -16.39, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 62.30, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0509 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.143 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5989, 42.7992, 10.1264)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B538 #3B38B5

analogous

#B57A38 #B2B538 #74B538

triadic

#B2B538 #38B2B5 #B538B2

tetradic

#B2B538 #38B57A #3B38B5 #B53874

square

#B2B538 #38B57A #3B38B5 #B53874

split-complementary

#B2B538 #3874B5 #7A38B5

monochromatic

#56581B #84862A #B2B538 #CACD5D #DADB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B2B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B2B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B538

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B538	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.143 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccb76',
    500: '#b2b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b538;
$custom-light: #cccb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B538

secondary

#8583C6

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B538

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

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