#B2AE76#B2AE76

#B2AE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.075 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE76
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 33.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -7.27, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 30.20, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0189 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.075 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7665, 41.0459, 23.1219)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE76 #767AB2

analogous

#B29076 #B2AE76 #98B276

triadic

#B2AE76 #76B2AE #AE76B2

tetradic

#B2AE76 #76B290 #767AB2 #B27698

square

#B2AE76 #76B290 #767AB2 #B27698

split-complementary

#B2AE76 #7698B2 #9076B2

monochromatic

#6F6C3E #969254 #B2AE76 #C8C59D #DEDCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B2AE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B2AE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE76

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE76	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.075 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac69e',
    500: '#b2ae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae76;
$custom-light: #cac69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 28.037,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74062,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE76

secondary

#B6B8CE

accent

#6AC463

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE76

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

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