#B0AE38#B0AE38

#B0AE38 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	#B0AE38
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -13.67, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 59.55, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0431 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.137 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7555, 39.7888, 9.6425)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE38 #383AB0

analogous

#B07238 #B0AE38 #76B038

triadic

#B0AE38 #38B0AE #AE38B0

tetradic

#B0AE38 #38B072 #383AB0 #B03876

square

#B0AE38 #38B072 #383AB0 #B03876

split-complementary

#B0AE38 #3876B0 #7238B0

monochromatic

#53521A #828029 #B0AE38 #CBC95B #D9D889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B0AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B0AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE38

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc576',
    500: '#b0ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae38;
$custom-light: #cbc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE38

secondary

#8081C4

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE38

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

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