#B8AA36#B8AA36

#B8AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA36
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -8.22, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 59.12, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0284 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8093, 39.2076, 9.2236)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA36 #3644B8

analogous

#B86936 #B8AA36 #85B836

triadic

#B8AA36 #36B8AA #AA36B8

tetradic

#B8AA36 #36B869 #3644B8 #B83685

square

#B8AA36 #36B869 #3644B8 #B83685

split-complementary

#B8AA36 #3685B8 #6936B8

monochromatic

#59531A #897E28 #B8AA36 #CFC35C #DDD48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA36

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA36	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c374',
    500: '#b8aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa36;
$custom-light: #d1c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA36

secondary

#828AC7

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA36

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

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