#B2B59B#B2B59B

#B2B59B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.036 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B59B
RGB	rgb(178, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(67, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(67, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 14.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -5.64, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 14.09, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0139 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.036 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7997, 44.8795, 37.5172)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B59B #9E9BB5

analogous

#B5AB9B #B2B59B #A5B59B

triadic

#B2B59B #9BB2B5 #B59BB2

tetradic

#B2B59B #9BB5AB #9E9BB5 #B59BA5

square

#B2B59B #9BB5AB #9E9BB5 #B59BA5

split-complementary

#B2B59B #9BA5B5 #AB9BB5

monochromatic

#777B5B #979B78 #B2B59B #CDCFBE #E8E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B2B59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#B2B59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B59B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B59B	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.036 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cbb8',
    500: '#b2b59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b59b;
$custom-light: #c9cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7636,
    "c": 0.03614,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B59B

secondary

#D3D2DA

accent

#4C9955

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B59B

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

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