#B8AA38#B8AA38

#B8AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA38
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -8.12, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 58.34, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0279 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8572, 39.2268, 9.4761)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA38 #3846B8

analogous

#B86A38 #B8AA38 #86B838

triadic

#B8AA38 #38B8AA #AA38B8

tetradic

#B8AA38 #38B86A #3846B8 #B83886

square

#B8AA38 #38B86A #3846B8 #B83886

split-complementary

#B8AA38 #3886B8 #6A38B8

monochromatic

#5A531B #897F2A #B8AA38 #CEC25F #DDD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B8AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA38

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA38	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)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c375',
    500: '#b8aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa38;
$custom-light: #d1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA38

secondary

#858CC7

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA38

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

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