#B4AE2E#B4AE2E

#B4AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE2E
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -12.43, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 63.25, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0408 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4530, 40.1739, 8.5237)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE2E #2E34B4

analogous

#B46B2E #B4AE2E #77B42E

triadic

#B4AE2E #2EB4AE #AE2EB4

tetradic

#B4AE2E #2EB46B #2E34B4 #B42E77

square

#B4AE2E #2EB46B #2E34B4 #B42E77

split-complementary

#B4AE2E #2E77B4 #6B2EB4

monochromatic

#535015 #837F22 #B4AE2E #D2CC4E #DEDA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE2E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE2E	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec571',
    500: '#b4ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae2e;
$custom-light: #cec571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73361,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE2E

secondary

#777BC7

accent

#4CE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE2E

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

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