#B8AB33#B8AB33

#B8AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB33
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -8.90, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 60.59, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0306 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(34.9291, 39.5566, 8.9266)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB33 #3340B8

analogous

#B86833 #B8AB33 #82B833

triadic

#B8AB33 #33B8AB #AB33B8

tetradic

#B8AB33 #33B868 #3340B8 #B83382

square

#B8AB33 #33B868 #3340B8 #B83382

split-complementary

#B8AB33 #3382B8 #6833B8

monochromatic

#585218 #887E26 #B8AB33 #D1C558 #DED588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B8AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB33

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB33	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)

#BBA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c373',
    500: '#b8ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab33;
$custom-light: #d1c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.39555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB33

secondary

#7F86C8

accent

#57E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB33

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

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