#B0AE31#B0AE31

#B0AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.141 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE31
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -14.03, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 62.15, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0448 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5962, 39.7250, 8.8031)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE31 #3133B0

analogous

#B06F31 #B0AE31 #73B031

triadic

#B0AE31 #31B0AE #AE31B0

tetradic

#B0AE31 #31B06F #3133B0 #B03173

square

#B0AE31 #31B06F #3133B0 #B03173

split-complementary

#B0AE31 #3173B0 #6F31B0

monochromatic

#504F16 #807F24 #B0AE31 #CECC50 #DCDA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B0AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE31

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE31	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)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc572',
    500: '#b0ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae31;
$custom-light: #cbc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE31

secondary

#7879C5

accent

#4AE048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE31

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

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