#B8AA46#B8AA46

#B8AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA46
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -7.27, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 52.46, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0239 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2487, 39.3834, 11.5382)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA46 #4654B8

analogous

#B87146 #B8AA46 #8DB846

triadic

#B8AA46 #46B8AA #AA46B8

tetradic

#B8AA46 #46B871 #4654B8 #B8468D

square

#B8AA46 #46B871 #4654B8 #B8468D

split-complementary

#B8AA46 #468DB8 #7146B8

monochromatic

#5F5824 #8C8135 #B8AA46 #C9BF72 #DAD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B8AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA46

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA46	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c37e',
    500: '#b8aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa46;
$custom-light: #d0c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73051,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA46

secondary

#9399C7

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA46

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

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