#B0AE37#B0AE37

#B0AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE37
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -13.73, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 59.93, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0434 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.137 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7313, 39.7791, 9.5150)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE37 #3739B0

analogous

#B07137 #B0AE37 #76B037

triadic

#B0AE37 #37B0AE #AE37B0

tetradic

#B0AE37 #37B071 #3739B0 #B03776

square

#B0AE37 #37B071 #3739B0 #B03776

split-complementary

#B0AE37 #3776B0 #7137B0

monochromatic

#53521A #818028 #B0AE37 #CBC959 #DAD888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B0AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B0AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE37

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE37	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc575',
    500: '#b0ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae37;
$custom-light: #cbc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE37

secondary

#7F80C4

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE37

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

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