#B7AE44#B7AE44

#B7AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE44
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -9.93, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 54.78, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0316 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7092, 40.7580, 11.4538)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE44 #444DB7

analogous

#B77544 #B7AE44 #87B744

triadic

#B7AE44 #44B7AE #AE44B7

tetradic

#B7AE44 #44B775 #444DB7 #B74487

square

#B7AE44 #44B775 #444DB7 #B74487

split-complementary

#B7AE44 #4487B7 #7544B7

monochromatic

#5E5923 #8A8433 #B7AE44 #C9C26F #DAD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B7AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B7AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE44

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE44	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57d',
    500: '#b7ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae44;
$custom-light: #cfc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE44

secondary

#9195C6

accent

#5DD552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE44

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

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