#B7AE46#B7AE46

#B7AE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE46
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -9.80, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 53.91, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.031 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7713, 40.7829, 11.7808)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE46 #464FB7

analogous

#B77546 #B7AE46 #88B746

triadic

#B7AE46 #46B7AE #AE46B7

tetradic

#B7AE46 #46B775 #464FB7 #B74688

square

#B7AE46 #46B775 #464FB7 #B74688

split-complementary

#B7AE46 #4688B7 #7546B7

monochromatic

#5E5A24 #8B8435 #B7AE46 #C9C271 #DAD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B7AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B7AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE46

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE46	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57e',
    500: '#b7ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae46;
$custom-light: #cfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73821,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE46

secondary

#9397C6

accent

#5ED453

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE46

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

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