#B1AE3E#B1AE3E

#B1AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE3E
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -12.89, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 57.16, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0403 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1382, 39.9681, 10.4728)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE3E #3E41B1

analogous

#B1753E #B1AE3E #7BB13E

triadic

#B1AE3E #3EB1AE #AE3EB1

tetradic

#B1AE3E #3EB175 #3E41B1 #B13E7B

square

#B1AE3E #3EB175 #3E41B1 #B13E7B

split-complementary

#B1AE3E #3E7BB1 #753EB1

monochromatic

#56551E #84812E #B1AE3E #C9C664 #D8D791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B1AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE3E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE3E	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc579',
    500: '#b1ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae3e;
$custom-light: #cbc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73217,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE3E

secondary

#8789C4

accent

#54D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE3E

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

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