#B8AB44#B8AB44

#B8AB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB44
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 63%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -7.93, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 53.71, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.026 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3748, 39.7349, 11.2740)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB44 #4451B8

analogous

#B87144 #B8AB44 #8BB844

triadic

#B8AB44 #44B8AB #AB44B8

tetradic

#B8AB44 #44B871 #4451B8 #B8448B

square

#B8AB44 #44B871 #4451B8 #B8448B

split-complementary

#B8AB44 #448BB8 #7144B8

monochromatic

#5F5823 #8B8133 #B8AB44 #CAC06F #DAD39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8AB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B8AB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB44

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB44	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c37c',
    500: '#b8ab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab44;
$custom-light: #d0c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB44

secondary

#9197C7

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB44

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

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