#B7AE4E#B7AE4E

#B7AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7AE4E
RGB	rgb(183, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -9.22, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 50.31, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0285 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.118 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.0408, 40.8907, 13.2005)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7AE4E #4E57B7

analogous

#B7794E #B7AE4E #8BB74E

triadic

#B7AE4E #4EB7AE #AE4EB7

tetradic

#B7AE4E #4EB779 #4E57B7 #B74E8B

square

#B7AE4E #4EB779 #4E57B7 #B74E8B

split-complementary

#B7AE4E #4E8BB7 #794EB7

monochromatic

#635E28 #8E873A #B7AE4E #C9C27A #DAD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B7AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B7AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7AE4E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7AE4E	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc583',
    500: '#b7ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7ae4e;
$custom-light: #cfc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.40889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7AE4E

secondary

#999DC8

accent

#60D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7AE4E

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

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