#B7AE36#B7AE36

#B7AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE36
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -10.75, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 60.47, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0355 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.3318, 40.6071, 9.4662)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE36 #363FB7

analogous

#B76E36 #B7AE36 #80B736

triadic

#B7AE36 #36B7AE #AE36B7

tetradic

#B7AE36 #36B76E #363FB7 #B73680

square

#B7AE36 #36B76E #363FB7 #B73680

split-complementary

#B7AE36 #3680B7 #6E36B7

monochromatic

#58541A #888128 #B7AE36 #CFC75B #DDD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B7AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B7AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE36

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE36	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c575',
    500: '#b7ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae36;
$custom-light: #d0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73683,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE36

secondary

#8287C7

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE36

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

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