#B8AB3A#B8AB3A

#B8AB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB3A
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -8.54, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 57.90, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0289 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0953, 39.6231, 9.8016)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB3A #3A47B8

analogous

#B86C3A #B8AB3A #86B83A

triadic

#B8AB3A #3AB8AB #AB3AB8

tetradic

#B8AB3A #3AB86C #3A47B8 #B83A86

square

#B8AB3A #3AB86C #3A47B8 #B83A86

split-complementary

#B8AB3A #3A86B8 #6C3AB8

monochromatic

#5B551D #89802B #B8AB3A #CDC262 #DCD490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB3A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB3A	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)

#BAA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c377',
    500: '#b8ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab3a;
$custom-light: #d1c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB3A

secondary

#878DC7

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB3A

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

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