#B8AB2D#B8AB2D

#B8AB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB2D
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -9.17, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 62.71, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.032 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8053, 39.5071, 8.2744)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB2D #2D3AB8

analogous

#B8652D #B8AB2D #80B82D

triadic

#B8AB2D #2DB8AB #AB2DB8

tetradic

#B8AB2D #2DB865 #2D3AB8 #B82D80

square

#B8AB2D #2DB865 #2D3AB8 #B82D80

split-complementary

#B8AB2D #2D80B8 #652DB8

monochromatic

#565015 #877D21 #B8AB2D #D4C74E #E0D780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B8AB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB2D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB2D	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)

#BBA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c370',
    500: '#b8ab2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab2d;
$custom-light: #d1c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB2D

secondary

#7880C9

accent

#53E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB2D

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

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