#B8AB34#B8AB34

#B8AB34 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	#B8AB34
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -8.85, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 60.22, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0304 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(34.9514, 39.5656, 9.0440)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB34 #3441B8

analogous

#B86934 #B8AB34 #83B834

triadic

#B8AB34 #34B8AB #AB34B8

tetradic

#B8AB34 #34B869 #3441B8 #B83483

square

#B8AB34 #34B869 #3441B8 #B83483

split-complementary

#B8AB34 #3483B8 #6934B8

monochromatic

#595219 #887F27 #B8AB34 #D0C459 #DED589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B8AB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB34

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB34	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)

#BBA520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c373',
    500: '#b8ab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab34;
$custom-light: #d1c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.39564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB34

secondary

#8087C8

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB34

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

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