#B2B738#B2B738

#B2B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.146 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B738
RGB	rgb(178, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -17.40, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 63.10, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0537 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.146 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0085, 43.6184, 10.2630)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B738 #3D38B7

analogous

#B77D38 #B2B738 #73B738

triadic

#B2B738 #38B2B7 #B738B2

tetradic

#B2B738 #38B77D #3D38B7 #B73873

square

#B2B738 #38B77D #3D38B7 #B73873

split-complementary

#B2B738 #3873B7 #7D38B7

monochromatic

#57591B #84882A #B2B738 #C9CE5E #D9DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B2B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B2B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B738

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B738	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.146 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccc77',
    500: '#b2b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b738;
$custom-light: #cccc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7524,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B738

secondary

#8784C7

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B738

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

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