#B8AB2A#B8AB2A

#B8AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.141 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB2A
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -9.29, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 63.71, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0326 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.141 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7496, 39.4848, 7.9810)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB2A #2A37B8

analogous

#B8642A #B8AB2A #7EB82A

triadic

#B8AB2A #2AB8AB #AB2AB8

tetradic

#B8AB2A #2AB864 #2A37B8 #B82A7E

square

#B8AB2A #2AB864 #2A37B8 #B82A7E

split-complementary

#B8AB2A #2A7EB8 #642AB8

monochromatic

#544E13 #867D1F #B8AB2A #D6C94A #E1D87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B8AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB2A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB2A	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)

#BBA50A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c36e',
    500: '#b8ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab2a;
$custom-light: #d1c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB2A

secondary

#757CC9

accent

#51E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB2A

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

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