#B2AE73#B2AE73

#B2AE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.079 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE73
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 35.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -7.64, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 31.77, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0202 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.079 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5911, 40.9757, 22.1979)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE73 #7377B2

analogous

#B28E73 #B2AE73 #97B273

triadic

#B2AE73 #73B2AE #AE73B2

tetradic

#B2AE73 #73B28E #7377B2 #B27397

square

#B2AE73 #73B28E #7377B2 #B27397

split-complementary

#B2AE73 #7397B2 #8E73B2

monochromatic

#6E6B3D #969152 #B2AE73 #C8C59A #DDDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B2AE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B2AE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE73

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE73	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.079 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac69c',
    500: '#b2ae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae73;
$custom-light: #cac69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74007,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE73

secondary

#B4B5CD

accent

#69C562

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE73

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

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