#B0AE32#B0AE32

#B0AE32 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 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE32
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -13.98, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 61.79, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0446 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6175, 39.7336, 8.9155)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE32 #3234B0

analogous

#B06F32 #B0AE32 #73B032

triadic

#B0AE32 #32B0AE #AE32B0

tetradic

#B0AE32 #32B06F #3234B0 #B03273

square

#B0AE32 #32B06F #3234B0 #B03273

split-complementary

#B0AE32 #3273B0 #6F32B0

monochromatic

#515017 #807F24 #B0AE32 #CECC51 #DBDA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B0AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE32

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE32	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc573',
    500: '#b0ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae32;
$custom-light: #cbc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73036,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE32

secondary

#797BC4

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE32

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

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