#B8AB2E#B8AB2E

#B8AB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB2E
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -9.12, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 62.37, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0318 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8248, 39.5149, 8.3770)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB2E #2E3BB8

analogous

#B8662E #B8AB2E #80B82E

triadic

#B8AB2E #2EB8AB #AB2EB8

tetradic

#B8AB2E #2EB866 #2E3BB8 #B82E80

square

#B8AB2E #2EB866 #2E3BB8 #B82E80

split-complementary

#B8AB2E #2E80B8 #662EB8

monochromatic

#565016 #877D22 #B8AB2E #D3C750 #DFD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B8AB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB2E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB2E	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)

#BBA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c370',
    500: '#b8ab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab2e;
$custom-light: #d1c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7307,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB2E

secondary

#7981C8

accent

#54E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB2E

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

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