#B8AA39#B8AA39

#B8AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA39
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -8.07, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 57.95, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0276 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8819, 39.2367, 9.6062)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA39 #3947B8

analogous

#B86B39 #B8AA39 #86B839

triadic

#B8AA39 #39B8AA #AA39B8

tetradic

#B8AA39 #39B86B #3947B8 #B83986

square

#B8AA39 #39B86B #3947B8 #B83986

split-complementary

#B8AA39 #3986B8 #6B39B8

monochromatic

#5B541C #897F2B #B8AA39 #CEC260 #DCD48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B8AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA39

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA39	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c376',
    500: '#b8aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa39;
$custom-light: #d1c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72933,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA39

secondary

#868DC7

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA39

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

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