#B0AE2B#B0AE2B

#B0AE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE2B
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -14.30, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 64.19, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0461 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4779, 39.6777, 8.1801)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE2B #2B2DB0

analogous

#B06C2B #B0AE2B #6FB02B

triadic

#B0AE2B #2BB0AE #AE2BB0

tetradic

#B0AE2B #2BB06C #2B2DB0 #B02B6F

square

#B0AE2B #2BB06C #2B2DB0 #B02B6F

split-complementary

#B0AE2B #2B6FB0 #6C2BB0

monochromatic

#4E4D13 #7F7D1F #B0AE2B #D2D046 #DEDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B0AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE2B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE2B	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56f',
    500: '#b0ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae2b;
$custom-light: #cbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE2B

secondary

#7172C6

accent

#46E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE2B

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

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