#B2AE49#B2AE49

#B2AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE49
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -11.72, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 52.44, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0359 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.123 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.6998, 40.2192, 12.2372)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE49 #494DB2

analogous

#B27A49 #B2AE49 #82B249

triadic

#B2AE49 #49B2AE #AE49B2

tetradic

#B2AE49 #49B27A #494DB2 #B24982

square

#B2AE49 #49B27A #494DB2 #B24982

split-complementary

#B2AE49 #4982B2 #7A49B2

monochromatic

#5B5925 #878437 #B2AE49 #C5C273 #D7D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B2AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B2AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE49

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE49	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)

#BBA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc580',
    500: '#b2ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae49;
$custom-light: #cbc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7341,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE49

secondary

#9395C4

accent

#5BD256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE49

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

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