#B8AB35#B8AB35

#B8AB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB35
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -8.80, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 59.84, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0302 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9742, 39.5747, 9.1639)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB35 #3542B8

analogous

#B86A35 #B8AB35 #84B835

triadic

#B8AB35 #35B8AB #AB35B8

tetradic

#B8AB35 #35B86A #3542B8 #B83584

square

#B8AB35 #35B86A #3542B8 #B83584

split-complementary

#B8AB35 #3584B8 #6A35B8

monochromatic

#59531A #887F27 #B8AB35 #D0C45B #DDD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B8AB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB35

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB35	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)

#BBA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c374',
    500: '#b8ab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab35;
$custom-light: #d1c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB35

secondary

#8188C7

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB35

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

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