#B8AA44#B8AA44

#B8AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA44
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 63%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -7.41, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 53.35, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0245 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1867, 39.3586, 11.2112)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA44 #4452B8

analogous

#B87044 #B8AA44 #8CB844

triadic

#B8AA44 #44B8AA #AA44B8

tetradic

#B8AA44 #44B870 #4452B8 #B8448C

square

#B8AA44 #44B870 #4452B8 #B8448C

split-complementary

#B8AA44 #448CB8 #7044B8

monochromatic

#5F5723 #8B8133 #B8AA44 #CABF6F #DAD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B8AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA44

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA44	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)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c37c',
    500: '#b8aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa44;
$custom-light: #d0c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73031,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA44

secondary

#9198C7

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA44

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

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