#B0AE27#B0AE27

#B0AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE27
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -14.46, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 65.44, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0469 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4081, 39.6498, 7.8124)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE27 #2729B0

analogous

#B06A27 #B0AE27 #6EB027

triadic

#B0AE27 #27B0AE #AE27B0

tetradic

#B0AE27 #27B06A #2729B0 #B0276E

square

#B0AE27 #27B06A #2729B0 #B0276E

split-complementary

#B0AE27 #276EB0 #6A27B0

monochromatic

#4C4B11 #7E7C1C #B0AE27 #D5D240 #E0DE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B0AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE27

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE27	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56d',
    500: '#b0ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae27;
$custom-light: #cbc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE27

secondary

#6C6DC7

accent

#43E741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE27

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

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