#B8AA41#B8AA41

#B8AA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA41
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -7.60, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 54.64, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0254 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0974, 39.3229, 10.7413)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA41 #414FB8

analogous

#B86F41 #B8AA41 #8BB841

triadic

#B8AA41 #41B8AA #AA41B8

tetradic

#B8AA41 #41B86F #414FB8 #B8418B

square

#B8AA41 #41B86F #414FB8 #B8418B

split-complementary

#B8AA41 #418BB8 #6F41B8

monochromatic

#5E5621 #8B8031 #B8AA41 #CBC06B #DBD399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B8AA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA41

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA41	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c37b',
    500: '#b8aa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa41;
$custom-light: #d0c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA41

secondary

#8E95C7

accent

#60D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA41

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

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