#B0AE2D#B0AE2D

#B0AE2D 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	#B0AE2D
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -14.22, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 63.53, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0457 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5155, 39.6927, 8.3781)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE2D #2D2FB0

analogous

#B06C2D #B0AE2D #70B02D

triadic

#B0AE2D #2DB0AE #AE2DB0

tetradic

#B0AE2D #2DB06C #2D2FB0 #B02D70

square

#B0AE2D #2DB06C #2D2FB0 #B02D70

split-complementary

#B0AE2D #2D70B0 #6C2DB0

monochromatic

#4F4E14 #7F7E21 #B0AE2D #D1CF4A #DDDC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B0AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE2D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE2D	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)

#BDA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc570',
    500: '#b0ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae2d;
$custom-light: #cbc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 59.276,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE2D

secondary

#7375C5

accent

#48E245

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE2D

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

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