#B8AB4E#B8AB4E

#B8AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB4E
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -7.22, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 49.20, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0228 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7065, 39.8676, 13.0206)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB4E #4E5BB8

analogous

#B8764E #B8AB4E #90B84E

triadic

#B8AB4E #4EB8AB #AB4EB8

tetradic

#B8AB4E #4EB876 #4E5BB8 #B84E90

square

#B8AB4E #4EB876 #4E5BB8 #B84E90

split-complementary

#B8AB4E #4E90B8 #764EB8

monochromatic

#645C28 #8F8539 #B8AB4E #CAC07A #DBD4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B8AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB4E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB4E	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c383',
    500: '#b8ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab4e;
$custom-light: #d0c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB4E

secondary

#9A9FC8

accent

#65D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB4E

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

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