#B0AE23#B0AE23

#B0AE23 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	#B0AE23
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -14.60, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 66.60, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0476 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3453, 39.6247, 7.4816)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE23 #2325B0

analogous

#B06823 #B0AE23 #6CB023

triadic

#B0AE23 #23B0AE #AE23B0

tetradic

#B0AE23 #23B068 #2325B0 #B0236C

square

#B0AE23 #23B068 #2325B0 #B0236C

split-complementary

#B0AE23 #236CB0 #6823B0

monochromatic

#4A490F #7D7C19 #B0AE23 #D8D539 #E2E06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B0AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE23

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE23	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)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56c',
    500: '#b0ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae23;
$custom-light: #ccc56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72949,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE23

secondary

#6768C8

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE23

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

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