#B8AA33#B8AA33

#B8AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA33
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -8.37, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 60.25, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0292 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7410, 39.1803, 8.8639)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA33 #3341B8

analogous

#B86733 #B8AA33 #83B833

triadic

#B8AA33 #33B8AA #AA33B8

tetradic

#B8AA33 #33B867 #3341B8 #B83383

square

#B8AA33 #33B867 #3341B8 #B83383

split-complementary

#B8AA33 #3383B8 #6733B8

monochromatic

#585118 #887E26 #B8AA33 #D1C458 #DED588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA33

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA33	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c273',
    500: '#b8aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa33;
$custom-light: #d1c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA33

secondary

#7F87C8

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA33

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

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