#B2B555#B2B555

#B2B555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B555
RGB	rgb(178, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -14.38, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 49.97, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0421 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.12 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5245, 43.1694, 15.0011)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B555 #5855B5

analogous

#B58855 #B2B555 #82B555

triadic

#B2B555 #55B2B5 #B555B2

tetradic

#B2B555 #55B588 #5855B5 #B55582

square

#B2B555 #55B588 #5855B5 #B55582

split-complementary

#B2B555 #5582B5 #8855B5

monochromatic

#62642C #8C8F3E #B2B555 #C5C880 #D9DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B2B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#B2B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B555

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B555	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcb88',
    500: '#b2b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b555;
$custom-light: #cbcb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75079,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B555

secondary

#9F9EC8

accent

#59CF5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B555

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

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