#B8AB3D#B8AB3D

#B8AB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB3D
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -8.36, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 56.68, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0281 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1738, 39.6545, 10.2153)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB3D #3D4AB8

analogous

#B86E3D #B8AB3D #87B83D

triadic

#B8AB3D #3DB8AB #AB3DB8

tetradic

#B8AB3D #3DB86E #3D4AB8 #B83D87

square

#B8AB3D #3DB86E #3D4AB8 #B83D87

split-complementary

#B8AB3D #3D87B8 #6E3DB8

monochromatic

#5C561F #8A802E #B8AB3D #CCC166 #DBD494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B8AB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB3D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB3D	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c378',
    500: '#b8ab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab3d;
$custom-light: #d0c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73181,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB3D

secondary

#8A90C7

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB3D

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

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