#B2AE2A#B2AE2A

#B2AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.145 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE2A
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -13.47, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 64.53, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.044 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.145 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9154, 39.9054, 8.1060)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE2A #2A2EB2

analogous

#B26A2A #B2AE2A #72B22A

triadic

#B2AE2A #2AB2AE #AE2AB2

tetradic

#B2AE2A #2AB26A #2A2EB2 #B22A72

square

#B2AE2A #2AB26A #2A2EB2 #B22A72

split-complementary

#B2AE2A #2A72B2 #6A2AB2

monochromatic

#4F4D13 #807E1E #B2AE2A #D3CF46 #DFDC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B2AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B2AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE2A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.145 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc56f',
    500: '#b2ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae2a;
$custom-light: #cdc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE2A

secondary

#7174C7

accent

#48E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE2A

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

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