#B7AE37#B7AE37

#B7AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE37
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -10.69, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 60.09, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0352 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.3555, 40.6166, 9.5911)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE37 #3740B7

analogous

#B76E37 #B7AE37 #80B737

triadic

#B7AE37 #37B7AE #AE37B7

tetradic

#B7AE37 #37B76E #3740B7 #B73780

square

#B7AE37 #37B76E #3740B7 #B73780

split-complementary

#B7AE37 #3780B7 #6E37B7

monochromatic

#59551B #888129 #B7AE37 #CEC65D #DCD78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B7AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B7AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE37

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE37	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)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c575',
    500: '#b7ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae37;
$custom-light: #d0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7369,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.40615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE37

secondary

#8388C7

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE37

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

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