#B0AE28#B0AE28

#B0AE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.146 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE28
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -14.42, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 65.14, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0467 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.146 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4249, 39.6565, 7.9009)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE28 #282AB0

analogous

#B06A28 #B0AE28 #6EB028

triadic

#B0AE28 #28B0AE #AE28B0

tetradic

#B0AE28 #28B06A #282AB0 #B0286E

square

#B0AE28 #28B06A #282AB0 #B0286E

split-complementary

#B0AE28 #286EB0 #6A28B0

monochromatic

#4C4B11 #7E7D1D #B0AE28 #D4D241 #DFDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B0AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE28

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE28	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)

#BDA701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.146 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56e',
    500: '#b0ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae28;
$custom-light: #cbc56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE28

secondary

#6D6FC6

accent

#44E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE28

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

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