#B0AE33#B0AE33

#B0AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE33
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -13.93, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 61.43, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0444 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6393, 39.7423, 9.0304)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE33 #3335B0

analogous

#B07033 #B0AE33 #74B033

triadic

#B0AE33 #33B0AE #AE33B0

tetradic

#B0AE33 #33B070 #3335B0 #B03374

square

#B0AE33 #33B070 #3335B0 #B03374

split-complementary

#B0AE33 #3374B0 #7033B0

monochromatic

#515018 #817F25 #B0AE33 #CDCB53 #DBDA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B0AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE33

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc573',
    500: '#b0ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae33;
$custom-light: #cbc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73043,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE33

secondary

#7B7CC4

accent

#4CDE49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE33

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

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