#B2AE27#B2AE27

#B2AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE27
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -13.59, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 65.46, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0446 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8637, 39.8847, 7.8338)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE27 #272BB2

analogous

#B26827 #B2AE27 #71B227

triadic

#B2AE27 #27B2AE #AE27B2

tetradic

#B2AE27 #27B268 #272BB2 #B22771

square

#B2AE27 #27B268 #272BB2 #B22771

split-complementary

#B2AE27 #2771B2 #6827B2

monochromatic

#4E4C11 #807D1C #B2AE27 #D5D141 #E0DD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B2AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B2AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE27

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE27	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc56d',
    500: '#b2ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae27;
$custom-light: #cdc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE27

secondary

#6D70C8

accent

#46E741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE27

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

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