#B8AB36#B8AB36

#B8AB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB36
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -8.75, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 59.46, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0299 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9974, 39.5840, 9.2863)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB36 #3643B8

analogous

#B86A36 #B8AB36 #84B836

triadic

#B8AB36 #36B8AB #AB36B8

tetradic

#B8AB36 #36B86A #3643B8 #B83684

square

#B8AB36 #36B86A #3643B8 #B83684

split-complementary

#B8AB36 #3684B8 #6A36B8

monochromatic

#59531A #897F28 #B8AB36 #CFC45C #DDD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB36

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB36	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c374',
    500: '#b8ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab36;
$custom-light: #d1c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB36

secondary

#8289C7

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB36

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

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