#B8AA2E#B8AA2E

#B8AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA2E
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -8.60, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 62.05, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0303 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.138 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6366, 39.1386, 8.3143)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA2E #2E3CB8

analogous

#B8652E #B8AA2E #81B82E

triadic

#B8AA2E #2EB8AA #AA2EB8

tetradic

#B8AA2E #2EB865 #2E3CB8 #B82E81

square

#B8AA2E #2EB865 #2E3CB8 #B82E81

split-complementary

#B8AA2E #2E81B8 #652EB8

monochromatic

#565016 #877D22 #B8AA2E #D3C650 #DFD681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA2E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA2E	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)

#BAA415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c270',
    500: '#b8aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa2e;
$custom-light: #d1c270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA2E

secondary

#7981C8

accent

#55E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA2E

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

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