#B7AE38#B7AE38

#B7AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE38
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -10.64, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 59.70, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.035 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3797, 40.6262, 9.7186)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE38 #3841B7

analogous

#B76F38 #B7AE38 #81B738

triadic

#B7AE38 #38B7AE #AE38B7

tetradic

#B7AE38 #38B76F #3841B7 #B73881

square

#B7AE38 #38B76F #3841B7 #B73881

split-complementary

#B7AE38 #3881B7 #6F38B7

monochromatic

#59551B #88812A #B7AE38 #CEC65E #DCD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B7AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B7AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE38

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE38	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c576',
    500: '#b7ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae38;
$custom-light: #d0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE38

secondary

#8489C7

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE38

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

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