#B8AA37#B8AA37

#B8AA37 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	#B8AA37
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -8.17, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 58.73, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0282 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8330, 39.2171, 9.3485)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA37 #3745B8

analogous

#B86937 #B8AA37 #86B837

triadic

#B8AA37 #37B8AA #AA37B8

tetradic

#B8AA37 #37B869 #3745B8 #B83786

square

#B8AA37 #37B869 #3745B8 #B83786

split-complementary

#B8AA37 #3786B8 #6937B8

monochromatic

#5A531B #897E29 #B8AA37 #CFC25D #DDD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA37

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA37	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c375',
    500: '#b8aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa37;
$custom-light: #d1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA37

secondary

#848BC7

accent

#5ADD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA37

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →