#B0AE35#B0AE35

#B0AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE35
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -13.83, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 60.69, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0439 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6844, 39.7603, 9.2676)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE35 #3537B0

analogous

#B07035 #B0AE35 #75B035

triadic

#B0AE35 #35B0AE #AE35B0

tetradic

#B0AE35 #35B070 #3537B0 #B03575

square

#B0AE35 #35B070 #3537B0 #B03575

split-complementary

#B0AE35 #3575B0 #7035B0

monochromatic

#525119 #817F27 #B0AE35 #CCCA56 #DAD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B0AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE35

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE35	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)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc574',
    500: '#b0ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae35;
$custom-light: #cbc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE35

secondary

#7D7EC4

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE35

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

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