#B8AB32#B8AB32

#B8AB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB32
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -8.94, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 60.95, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0309 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(34.9073, 39.5479, 8.8118)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB32 #323FB8

analogous

#B86832 #B8AB32 #82B832

triadic

#B8AB32 #32B8AB #AB32B8

tetradic

#B8AB32 #32B868 #323FB8 #B83282

square

#B8AB32 #32B868 #323FB8 #B83282

split-complementary

#B8AB32 #3282B8 #6832B8

monochromatic

#585218 #887E25 #B8AB32 #D1C556 #DED686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B8AB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB32

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB32	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c372',
    500: '#b8ab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab32;
$custom-light: #d1c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.39546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB32

secondary

#7E85C8

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB32

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

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