#B8AA2A#B8AA2A

#B8AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA2A
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -8.77, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 63.39, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0311 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5614, 39.1085, 7.9182)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA2A #2A38B8

analogous

#B8632A #B8AA2A #7FB82A

triadic

#B8AA2A #2AB8AA #AA2AB8

tetradic

#B8AA2A #2AB863 #2A38B8 #B82A7F

square

#B8AA2A #2AB863 #2A38B8 #B82A7F

split-complementary

#B8AA2A #2A7FB8 #632AB8

monochromatic

#544E13 #867C1F #B8AA2A #D6C84A #E1D77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B8AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA2A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA2A	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c26e',
    500: '#b8aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa2a;
$custom-light: #d1c26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA2A

secondary

#757DC9

accent

#52E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA2A

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

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