#B2AE39#B2AE39

#B2AE39 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 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE39
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -12.75, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 59.18, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0405 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.136 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2359, 40.0336, 9.7939)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE39 #393DB2

analogous

#B27139 #B2AE39 #79B239

triadic

#B2AE39 #39B2AE #AE39B2

tetradic

#B2AE39 #39B271 #393DB2 #B23979

square

#B2AE39 #39B271 #393DB2 #B23979

split-complementary

#B2AE39 #3979B2 #7139B2

monochromatic

#55531B #84812A #B2AE39 #CBC85D #DAD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B2AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE39

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE39	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc576',
    500: '#b2ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae39;
$custom-light: #ccc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73263,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE39

secondary

#8285C4

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE39

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

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