#B2AE74#B2AE74

#B2AE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.078 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE74
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 29%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 34.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -7.52, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 31.25, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0198 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.078 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6489, 40.9988, 22.5026)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE74 #7478B2

analogous

#B28F74 #B2AE74 #97B274

triadic

#B2AE74 #74B2AE #AE74B2

tetradic

#B2AE74 #74B28F #7478B2 #B27497

square

#B2AE74 #74B28F #7478B2 #B27497

split-complementary

#B2AE74 #7497B2 #8F74B2

monochromatic

#6E6B3D #969253 #B2AE74 #C8C59B #DEDCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B2AE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B2AE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE74

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE74	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.078 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac69c',
    500: '#b2ae74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae74;
$custom-light: #cac69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 28.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74025,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE74

secondary

#B4B6CD

accent

#69C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE74

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

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