#B8AA32#B8AA32

#B8AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA32
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -8.42, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 60.62, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0294 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7192, 39.1716, 8.7491)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA32 #3240B8

analogous

#B86732 #B8AA32 #83B832

triadic

#B8AA32 #32B8AA #AA32B8

tetradic

#B8AA32 #32B867 #3240B8 #B83283

square

#B8AA32 #32B867 #3240B8 #B83283

split-complementary

#B8AA32 #3283B8 #6732B8

monochromatic

#585118 #887E25 #B8AA32 #D1C456 #DED586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA32

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA32	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)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c272',
    500: '#b8aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa32;
$custom-light: #d1c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA32

secondary

#7E86C8

accent

#57E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA32

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

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