#B8AB39#B8AB39

#B8AB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB39
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -8.59, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 58.29, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0291 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0701, 39.6130, 9.6689)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB39 #3946B8

analogous

#B86B39 #B8AB39 #86B839

triadic

#B8AB39 #39B8AB #AB39B8

tetradic

#B8AB39 #39B86B #3946B8 #B83986

square

#B8AB39 #39B86B #3946B8 #B83986

split-complementary

#B8AB39 #3986B8 #6B39B8

monochromatic

#5B541C #89802B #B8AB39 #CEC360 #DCD48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8AB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB39

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB39	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)

#BAA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c376',
    500: '#b8ab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab39;
$custom-light: #d1c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73148,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB39

secondary

#868CC7

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB39

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

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