#B2AE38#B2AE38

#B2AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.136 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE38
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -12.81, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 59.57, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0408 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.136 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2112, 40.0237, 9.6639)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE38 #383CB2

analogous

#B27138 #B2AE38 #79B238

triadic

#B2AE38 #38B2AE #AE38B2

tetradic

#B2AE38 #38B271 #383CB2 #B23879

square

#B2AE38 #38B271 #383CB2 #B23879

split-complementary

#B2AE38 #3879B2 #7138B2

monochromatic

#55531B #838029 #B2AE38 #CCC85C #DAD88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B2AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE38

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc576',
    500: '#b2ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae38;
$custom-light: #ccc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73255,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE38

secondary

#8183C5

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE38

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

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