#B0AE22#B0AE22

#B0AE22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE22
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 80.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -14.64, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 66.88, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0478 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3306, 39.6188, 7.4045)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE22 #2224B0

analogous

#B06722 #B0AE22 #6BB022

triadic

#B0AE22 #22B0AE #AE22B0

tetradic

#B0AE22 #22B067 #2224B0 #B0226B

square

#B0AE22 #22B067 #2224B0 #B0226B

split-complementary

#B0AE22 #226BB0 #6722B0

monochromatic

#49490E #7D7B18 #B0AE22 #D8D637 #E2E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B0AE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE22

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE22	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56b',
    500: '#b0ae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae22;
$custom-light: #ccc56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE22

secondary

#6667C8

accent

#40EA3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE22

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

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