#B7AE39#B7AE39

#B7AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE39
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 68.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -10.59, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 59.31, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0347 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4044, 40.6361, 9.8487)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE39 #3942B7

analogous

#B76F39 #B7AE39 #81B739

triadic

#B7AE39 #39B7AE #AE39B7

tetradic

#B7AE39 #39B76F #3942B7 #B73981

square

#B7AE39 #39B76F #3942B7 #B73981

split-complementary

#B7AE39 #3981B7 #6F39B7

monochromatic

#5A551C #88822A #B7AE39 #CDC660 #DCD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B7AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B7AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE39

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c576',
    500: '#b7ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae39;
$custom-light: #d0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73706,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE39

secondary

#858AC7

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE39

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

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