#B1AE4E#B1AE4E

#B1AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE4E
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -11.76, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 50.15, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0354 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.119 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6437, 40.1703, 13.1350)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE4E #4E51B1

analogous

#B17D4E #B1AE4E #82B14E

triadic

#B1AE4E #4EB1AE #AE4EB1

tetradic

#B1AE4E #4EB17D #4E51B1 #B14E82

square

#B1AE4E #4EB17D #4E51B1 #B14E82

split-complementary

#B1AE4E #4E82B1 #7D4EB1

monochromatic

#5C5A29 #87843B #B1AE4E #C4C178 #D6D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B1AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B1AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE4E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE4E	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc683',
    500: '#b1ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae4e;
$custom-light: #cbc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE4E

secondary

#9799C4

accent

#5DCF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE4E

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

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