#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
RGBrgb(176, 174, 64)
HSLhsl(59, 47%, 47%)
HSVhsv(59, 64%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(69.38, -13.19, 54.75)
CIE-LCHlch(69.38, 56.32, 103.55°)
OKLaboklab(73.15% -0.0409 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(73.15% 0.131 108.2)
XYZxyz(33.9671, 39.8734, 10.7566)
Luminance0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B0AE401.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

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

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#B0AE40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva