#B8AA35#B8AA35

#B8AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.134 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA35
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -8.27, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 59.50, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0287 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.134 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7860, 39.1983, 9.1012)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA35 #3543B8

analogous

#B86935 #B8AA35 #85B835

triadic

#B8AA35 #35B8AA #AA35B8

tetradic

#B8AA35 #35B869 #3543B8 #B83585

square

#B8AA35 #35B869 #3543B8 #B83585

split-complementary

#B8AA35 #3585B8 #6935B8

monochromatic

#59521A #887E27 #B8AA35 #D0C35B #DDD48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA35

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA35	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)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.134 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c374',
    500: '#b8aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa35;
$custom-light: #d1c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA35

secondary

#8189C7

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA35

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

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