#B8AB37#B8AB37

#B8AB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB37
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -8.70, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 59.08, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0297 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0212, 39.5935, 9.4113)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB37 #3744B8

analogous

#B86A37 #B8AB37 #85B837

triadic

#B8AB37 #37B8AB #AB37B8

tetradic

#B8AB37 #37B86A #3744B8 #B83785

square

#B8AB37 #37B86A #3744B8 #B83785

split-complementary

#B8AB37 #3785B8 #6A37B8

monochromatic

#5A531B #897F29 #B8AB37 #CFC35D #DDD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8AB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB37

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB37	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BAA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c375',
    500: '#b8ab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab37;
$custom-light: #d1c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73133,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB37

secondary

#848AC7

accent

#59DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB37

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

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