#B8AB38#B8AB38

#B8AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB38
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -8.64, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 58.69, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0294 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0454, 39.6031, 9.5388)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB38 #3845B8

analogous

#B86B38 #B8AB38 #85B838

triadic

#B8AB38 #38B8AB #AB38B8

tetradic

#B8AB38 #38B86B #3845B8 #B83885

square

#B8AB38 #38B86B #3845B8 #B83885

split-complementary

#B8AB38 #3885B8 #6B38B8

monochromatic

#5A541B #897F2A #B8AB38 #CEC35F #DDD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB38

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB38	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)

#BAA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c376',
    500: '#b8ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab38;
$custom-light: #d1c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB38

secondary

#858BC7

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB38

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

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