#B2AE5E#B2AE5E

#B2AE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE5E
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 47.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -9.93, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 42.49, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0285 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.103 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5173, 40.5462, 16.5427)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE5E #5E62B2

analogous

#B2845E #B2AE5E #8CB25E

triadic

#B2AE5E #5EB2AE #AE5EB2

tetradic

#B2AE5E #5EB284 #5E62B2 #B25E8C

square

#B2AE5E #5EB284 #5E62B2 #B25E8C

split-complementary

#B2AE5E #5E8CB2 #845EB2

monochromatic

#656330 #8F8B44 #B2AE5E #C6C387 #DAD8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B2AE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B2AE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE5E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE5E	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc68d',
    500: '#b2ae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae5e;
$custom-light: #cbc68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73669,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE5E

secondary

#A4A6C8

accent

#62CB5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE5E

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

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