#B8AA2C#B8AA2C

#B8AA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA2C
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -8.69, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 62.73, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0307 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5981, 39.1232, 8.1115)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA2C #2C3AB8

analogous

#B8642C #B8AA2C #80B82C

triadic

#B8AA2C #2CB8AA #AA2CB8

tetradic

#B8AA2C #2CB864 #2C3AB8 #B82C80

square

#B8AA2C #2CB864 #2C3AB8 #B82C80

split-complementary

#B8AA2C #2C80B8 #642CB8

monochromatic

#554F14 #877C20 #B8AA2C #D4C74D #E0D67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B8AA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA2C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA2C	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)

#BAA410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c26f',
    500: '#b8aa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa2c;
$custom-light: #d1c26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA2C

secondary

#777FC9

accent

#53E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA2C

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

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