#B8AA2F#B8AA2F

#B8AA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA2F
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -8.56, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 61.70, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0301 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6565, 39.1465, 8.4193)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA2F #2F3DB8

analogous

#B8662F #B8AA2F #81B82F

triadic

#B8AA2F #2FB8AA #AA2FB8

tetradic

#B8AA2F #2FB866 #2F3DB8 #B82F81

square

#B8AA2F #2FB866 #2F3DB8 #B82F81

split-complementary

#B8AA2F #2F81B8 #662FB8

monochromatic

#575016 #877D23 #B8AA2F #D3C552 #DFD682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8AA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA2F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA2F	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)

#BAA517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c271',
    500: '#b8aa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa2f;
$custom-light: #d1c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA2F

secondary

#7B82C8

accent

#55E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA2F

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

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