#B7AE2C#B7AE2C

#B7AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE2C
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -11.21, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 64.00, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0378 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1206, 40.5226, 8.3541)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE2C #2C35B7

analogous

#B7692C #B7AE2C #7BB72C

triadic

#B7AE2C #2CB7AE #AE2CB7

tetradic

#B7AE2C #2CB769 #2C35B7 #B72C7B

square

#B7AE2C #2CB769 #2C35B7 #B72C7B

split-complementary

#B7AE2C #2C7BB7 #692CB7

monochromatic

#545014 #867F20 #B7AE2C #D4CB4C #E0DA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B7AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B7AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE2C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE2C	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)

#BEA80E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c570',
    500: '#b7ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae2c;
$custom-light: #d0c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73616,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE2C

secondary

#767CC8

accent

#4EE443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE2C

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

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