#B2AE48#B2AE48

#B2AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE48
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -11.79, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 52.89, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0362 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.124 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.6669, 40.2060, 12.0640)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE48 #484CB2

analogous

#B27948 #B2AE48 #81B248

triadic

#B2AE48 #48B2AE #AE48B2

tetradic

#B2AE48 #48B279 #484CB2 #B24881

square

#B2AE48 #48B279 #484CB2 #B24881

split-complementary

#B2AE48 #4881B2 #7948B2

monochromatic

#5B5925 #868336 #B2AE48 #C6C371 #D7D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B2AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B2AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE48

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE48	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc57f',
    500: '#b2ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae48;
$custom-light: #ccc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.734,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE48

secondary

#9294C4

accent

#5AD256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE48

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

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