#B8AB3E#B8AB3E

#B8AB3E 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	#B8AB3E
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -8.31, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 56.26, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0278 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2010, 39.6654, 10.3585)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB3E #3E4BB8

analogous

#B86E3E #B8AB3E #88B83E

triadic

#B8AB3E #3EB8AB #AB3EB8

tetradic

#B8AB3E #3EB86E #3E4BB8 #B83E88

square

#B8AB3E #3EB86E #3E4BB8 #B83E88

split-complementary

#B8AB3E #3E88B8 #6E3EB8

monochromatic

#5C561F #8A802F #B8AB3E #CCC167 #DBD495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B8AB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB3E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB3E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c379',
    500: '#b8ab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab3e;
$custom-light: #d0c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB3E

secondary

#8B91C7

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB3E

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

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