#B7AE47#B7AE47

#B7AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE47
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -9.73, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 53.47, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0307 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8031, 40.7956, 11.9484)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE47 #4750B7

analogous

#B77647 #B7AE47 #88B747

triadic

#B7AE47 #47B7AE #AE47B7

tetradic

#B7AE47 #47B776 #4750B7 #B74788

square

#B7AE47 #47B776 #4750B7 #B74788

split-complementary

#B7AE47 #4788B7 #7647B7

monochromatic

#5F5A25 #8B8436 #B7AE47 #C9C273 #DAD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B7AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B7AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE47

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE47	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)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc57e',
    500: '#b7ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae47;
$custom-light: #cfc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73831,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE47

secondary

#9498C6

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE47

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

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