#B8AA2B#B8AA2B

#B8AA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.140 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA2B
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -8.73, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 63.06, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0309 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.14 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5795, 39.1157, 8.0137)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA2B #2B39B8

analogous

#B8642B #B8AA2B #7FB82B

triadic

#B8AA2B #2BB8AA #AA2BB8

tetradic

#B8AA2B #2BB864 #2B39B8 #B82B7F

square

#B8AA2B #2BB864 #2B39B8 #B82B7F

split-complementary

#B8AA2B #2B7FB8 #642BB8

monochromatic

#554E14 #867C1F #B8AA2B #D5C74B #E1D77D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B8AA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA2B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA2B	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)

#BAA40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.140 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c26f',
    500: '#b8aa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa2b;
$custom-light: #d1c26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72836,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA2B

secondary

#767EC9

accent

#53E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA2B

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

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