#B2AE50#B2AE50

#B2AE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE50
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -11.18, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 49.24, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0336 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.117 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9451, 40.3173, 13.5291)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE50 #5054B2

analogous

#B27D50 #B2AE50 #85B250

triadic

#B2AE50 #50B2AE #AE50B2

tetradic

#B2AE50 #50B27D #5054B2 #B25085

square

#B2AE50 #50B27D #5054B2 #B25085

split-complementary

#B2AE50 #5085B2 #7D50B2

monochromatic

#5E5C29 #89863C #B2AE50 #C5C27A #D7D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B2AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B2AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE50

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE50	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc684',
    500: '#b2ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae50;
$custom-light: #cbc684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE50

secondary

#999BC5

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE50

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

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