#B7AE40#B7AE40

#B7AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE40
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -10.18, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 56.48, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0328 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5912, 40.7108, 10.8327)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE40 #4049B7

analogous

#B77240 #B7AE40 #84B740

triadic

#B7AE40 #40B7AE #AE40B7

tetradic

#B7AE40 #40B772 #4049B7 #B74084

square

#B7AE40 #40B772 #4049B7 #B74084

split-complementary

#B7AE40 #4084B7 #7240B7

monochromatic

#5C5820 #8A8330 #B7AE40 #CBC369 #DBD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B7AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B7AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE40

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE40	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57a',
    500: '#b7ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae40;
$custom-light: #d0c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE40

secondary

#8D91C6

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE40

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

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