#B7AE45#B7AE45

#B7AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE45
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -9.86, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 54.35, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0314 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7400, 40.7703, 11.6159)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE45 #454EB7

analogous

#B77545 #B7AE45 #87B745

triadic

#B7AE45 #45B7AE #AE45B7

tetradic

#B7AE45 #45B775 #454EB7 #B74587

square

#B7AE45 #45B775 #454EB7 #B74587

split-complementary

#B7AE45 #4587B7 #7545B7

monochromatic

#5E5923 #8B8434 #B7AE45 #C9C270 #DAD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B7AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B7AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE45

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE45	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)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57d',
    500: '#b7ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae45;
$custom-light: #cfc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE45

secondary

#9296C6

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE45

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

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