#B0AE40#B0AE40

#B0AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0AE40
RGB	rgb(176, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -13.19, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 56.32, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0409 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.131 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9671, 39.8734, 10.7566)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0AE40 #4042B0

analogous

#B07640 #B0AE40 #7AB040

triadic

#B0AE40 #40B0AE #AE40B0

tetradic

#B0AE40 #40B076 #4042B0 #B0407A

square

#B0AE40 #40B076 #4042B0 #B0407A

split-complementary

#B0AE40 #407AB0 #7640B0

monochromatic

#56551F #838230 #B0AE40 #C7C666 #D8D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B0AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B0AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0AE40

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0AE40	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac57a',
    500: '#b0ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0ae40;
$custom-light: #cac57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73148,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0AE40

secondary

#898AC3

accent

#54D651

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0AE40

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

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