#B8AA4E#B8AA4E

#B8AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AA4E
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -6.69, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 48.82, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0213 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5183, 39.4912, 12.9579)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AA4E #4E5CB8

analogous

#B8754E #B8AA4E #91B84E

triadic

#B8AA4E #4EB8AA #AA4EB8

tetradic

#B8AA4E #4EB875 #4E5CB8 #B84E91

square

#B8AA4E #4EB875 #4E5CB8 #B84E91

split-complementary

#B8AA4E #4E91B8 #754EB8

monochromatic

#645C28 #8F8439 #B8AA4E #CABF7A #DBD4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B8AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AA4E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AA4E	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c383',
    500: '#b8aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aa4e;
$custom-light: #d0c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AA4E

secondary

#9AA0C8

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AA4E

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

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