#B2AE79#B2AE79

#B2AE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.071 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AE79
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 32%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -6.89, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 28.62, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0177 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.071 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9476, 41.1183, 24.0757)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AE79 #797DB2

analogous

#B29179 #B2AE79 #99B279

triadic

#B2AE79 #79B2AE #AE79B2

tetradic

#B2AE79 #79B291 #797DB2 #B27999

square

#B2AE79 #79B291 #797DB2 #B27999

split-complementary

#B2AE79 #7999B2 #9179B2

monochromatic

#706D40 #979357 #B2AE79 #C8C5A0 #DFDDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B2AE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B2AE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AE79

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AE79	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.071 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac6a0',
    500: '#b2ae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ae79;
$custom-light: #cac6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 27.014,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74119,
    "c": 0.07139,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AE79

secondary

#B8BACF

accent

#6BC364

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AE79

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

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