#B0AE36#B0AE36

#B0AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE36
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -13.78, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 60.31, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0436 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.138 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7076, 39.7696, 9.3900)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE36 #3638B0

analogous

#B07136 #B0AE36 #75B036

triadic

#B0AE36 #36B0AE #AE36B0

tetradic

#B0AE36 #36B071 #3638B0 #B03675

square

#B0AE36 #36B071 #3638B0 #B03675

split-complementary

#B0AE36 #3675B0 #7136B0

monochromatic

#525119 #818028 #B0AE36 #CCCA58 #DAD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B0AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B0AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE36

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc575',
    500: '#b0ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae36;
$custom-light: #cbc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73065,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE36

secondary

#7E7FC4

accent

#4EDC4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE36

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

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