#B2AE37#B2AE37

#B2AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.137 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE37
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -12.86, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 59.96, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0411 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.137 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1870, 40.0140, 9.5363)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE37 #373BB2

analogous

#B27037 #B2AE37 #78B237

triadic

#B2AE37 #37B2AE #AE37B2

tetradic

#B2AE37 #37B270 #373BB2 #B23778

square

#B2AE37 #37B270 #373BB2 #B23778

split-complementary

#B2AE37 #3778B2 #7037B2

monochromatic

#54531A #838029 #B2AE37 #CCC85A #DBD889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B2AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE37

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.137 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc575',
    500: '#b2ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae37;
$custom-light: #ccc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE37

secondary

#8082C5

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE37

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

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