#B8AB2C#B8AB2C

#B8AB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB2C
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -9.21, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 63.05, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0322 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.14 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7863, 39.4995, 8.1742)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB2C #2C39B8

analogous

#B8652C #B8AB2C #7FB82C

triadic

#B8AB2C #2CB8AB #AB2CB8

tetradic

#B8AB2C #2CB865 #2C39B8 #B82C7F

square

#B8AB2C #2CB865 #2C39B8 #B82C7F

split-complementary

#B8AB2C #2C7FB8 #652CB8

monochromatic

#554F14 #877D20 #B8AB2C #D4C84D #E0D77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B8AB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB2C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB2C	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)

#BBA510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c36f',
    500: '#b8ab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab2c;
$custom-light: #d1c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB2C

secondary

#777FC9

accent

#52E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB2C

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

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