#B8AA34#B8AA34

#B8AA34 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	#B8AA34
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -8.32, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 59.88, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0289 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7633, 39.1892, 8.9813)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA34 #3442B8

analogous

#B86834 #B8AA34 #84B834

triadic

#B8AA34 #34B8AA #AA34B8

tetradic

#B8AA34 #34B868 #3442B8 #B83484

square

#B8AA34 #34B868 #3442B8 #B83484

split-complementary

#B8AA34 #3484B8 #6834B8

monochromatic

#595219 #887E27 #B8AA34 #D0C359 #DED589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8AA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA34

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA34	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)

#BAA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c373',
    500: '#b8aa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa34;
$custom-light: #d1c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA34

secondary

#8088C8

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA34

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

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