#B7AE2E#B7AE2E

#B7AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE2E
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -11.12, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 63.34, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0373 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1591, 40.5380, 8.5568)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE2E #2E37B7

analogous

#B7692E #B7AE2E #7CB72E

triadic

#B7AE2E #2EB7AE #AE2EB7

tetradic

#B7AE2E #2EB769 #2E37B7 #B72E7C

square

#B7AE2E #2EB769 #2E37B7 #B72E7C

split-complementary

#B7AE2E #2E7CB7 #692EB7

monochromatic

#555115 #867F22 #B7AE2E #D3CA4F #DFD980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B7AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B7AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE2E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE2E	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c571',
    500: '#b7ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae2e;
$custom-light: #d0c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE2E

secondary

#797EC8

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE2E

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

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