#B2AE53#B2AE53

#B2AE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.114 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE53
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -10.93, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 47.82, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0325 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.114 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0584, 40.3626, 14.1259)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE53 #5357B2

analogous

#B27E53 #B2AE53 #86B253

triadic

#B2AE53 #53B2AE #AE53B2

tetradic

#B2AE53 #53B27E #5357B2 #B25386

square

#B2AE53 #53B27E #5357B2 #B25386

split-complementary

#B2AE53 #5386B2 #7E53B2

monochromatic

#605E2B #8A873E #B2AE53 #C5C27D #D8D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B2AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B2AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE53

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE53	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.114 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc686',
    500: '#b2ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae53;
$custom-light: #cbc686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE53

secondary

#9B9DC5

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE53

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

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