#B2AE40#B2AE40

#B2AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE40
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -12.33, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 56.34, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0386 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.13 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4227, 40.1083, 10.7779)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE40 #4044B2

analogous

#B27540 #B2AE40 #7DB240

triadic

#B2AE40 #40B2AE #AE40B2

tetradic

#B2AE40 #40B275 #4044B2 #B2407D

square

#B2AE40 #40B275 #4044B2 #B2407D

split-complementary

#B2AE40 #407DB2 #7540B2

monochromatic

#585620 #858230 #B2AE40 #C8C567 #D8D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B2AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B2AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE40

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE40	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc57a',
    500: '#b2ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae40;
$custom-light: #ccc57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73322,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE40

secondary

#8A8CC4

accent

#56D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE40

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

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