#B2B551#B2B551

#B2B551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B551
RGB	rgb(178, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -14.71, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 51.82, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0435 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.124 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3701, 43.1076, 14.1877)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B551 #5451B5

analogous

#B58651 #B2B551 #80B551

triadic

#B2B551 #51B2B5 #B551B2

tetradic

#B2B551 #51B586 #5451B5 #B55180

square

#B2B551 #51B586 #5451B5 #B55180

split-complementary

#B2B551 #5180B5 #8651B5

monochromatic

#60622A #8A8D3C #B2B551 #C5C77C #D8DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B2B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B2B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B551

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B551	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcb85',
    500: '#b2b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b551;
$custom-light: #cbcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B551

secondary

#9C9BC7

accent

#58D05B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B551

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →