#B2AE36#B2AE36

#B2AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE36
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -12.91, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 60.34, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0413 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1633, 40.0046, 9.4114)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE36 #363AB2

analogous

#B27036 #B2AE36 #78B236

triadic

#B2AE36 #36B2AE #AE36B2

tetradic

#B2AE36 #36B270 #363AB2 #B23678

square

#B2AE36 #36B270 #363AB2 #B23678

split-complementary

#B2AE36 #3678B2 #7036B2

monochromatic

#54521A #838028 #B2AE36 #CDC959 #DBD888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B2AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE36

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE36	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc575',
    500: '#b2ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae36;
$custom-light: #ccc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE36

secondary

#7F81C5

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE36

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

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