#B8AA42#B8AA42

#B8AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA42
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -7.53, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 54.21, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0251 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1267, 39.3346, 10.8952)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA42 #4250B8

analogous

#B86F42 #B8AA42 #8BB842

triadic

#B8AA42 #42B8AA #AA42B8

tetradic

#B8AA42 #42B86F #4250B8 #B8428B

square

#B8AA42 #42B86F #4250B8 #B8428B

split-complementary

#B8AA42 #428BB8 #6F42B8

monochromatic

#5E5722 #8B8032 #B8AA42 #CBBF6D #DBD39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B8AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA42

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA42	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c37b',
    500: '#b8aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa42;
$custom-light: #d0c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA42

secondary

#8F96C7

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA42

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

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