#B7AE2A#B7AE2A

#B7AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.144 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE2A
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -11.29, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 64.65, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0382 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.144 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0839, 40.5079, 8.1608)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE2A #2A33B7

analogous

#B7682A #B7AE2A #7AB72A

triadic

#B7AE2A #2AB7AE #AE2AB7

tetradic

#B7AE2A #2AB768 #2A33B7 #B72A7A

square

#B7AE2A #2AB768 #2A33B7 #B72A7A

split-complementary

#B7AE2A #2A7AB7 #682AB7

monochromatic

#534F13 #857F1F #B7AE2A #D5CC49 #E1DA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B7AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B7AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE2A

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE2A	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.144 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c56f',
    500: '#b7ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae2a;
$custom-light: #d0c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE2A

secondary

#7479C9

accent

#4DE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE2A

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

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