#B8AA45#B8AA45

#B8AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA45
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -7.34, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 52.91, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0242 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2174, 39.3709, 11.3733)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA45 #4553B8

analogous

#B87145 #B8AA45 #8CB845

triadic

#B8AA45 #45B8AA #AA45B8

tetradic

#B8AA45 #45B871 #4553B8 #B8458C

square

#B8AA45 #45B871 #4553B8 #B8458C

split-complementary

#B8AA45 #458CB8 #7145B8

monochromatic

#5F5824 #8B8134 #B8AA45 #CABF71 #DAD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B8AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA45

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA45	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)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c37d',
    500: '#b8aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa45;
$custom-light: #d0c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73041,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA45

secondary

#9299C7

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA45

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

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