#B0AE2C#B0AE2C

#B0AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE2C
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -14.26, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 63.86, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0459 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4965, 39.6851, 8.2779)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE2C #2C2EB0

analogous

#B06C2C #B0AE2C #70B02C

triadic

#B0AE2C #2CB0AE #AE2CB0

tetradic

#B0AE2C #2CB06C #2C2EB0 #B02C70

square

#B0AE2C #2CB06C #2C2EB0 #B02C70

split-complementary

#B0AE2C #2C70B0 #6C2CB0

monochromatic

#4E4D14 #7F7E20 #B0AE2C #D1CF48 #DDDC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B0AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE2C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE2C	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)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc570',
    500: '#b0ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae2c;
$custom-light: #cbc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE2C

secondary

#7274C6

accent

#47E345

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE2C

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

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