#B8AA2D#B8AA2D

#B8AA2D 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 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA2D
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -8.64, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 62.39, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0305 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6171, 39.1308, 8.2117)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA2D #2D3BB8

analogous

#B8652D #B8AA2D #80B82D

triadic

#B8AA2D #2DB8AA #AA2DB8

tetradic

#B8AA2D #2DB865 #2D3BB8 #B82D80

square

#B8AA2D #2DB865 #2D3BB8 #B82D80

split-complementary

#B8AA2D #2D80B8 #652DB8

monochromatic

#564F15 #877D21 #B8AA2D #D4C64E #E0D680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8AA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA2D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA2D	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c270',
    500: '#b8aa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa2d;
$custom-light: #d1c270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA2D

secondary

#7880C9

accent

#54E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA2D

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

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