#B8AB56#B8AB56

#B8AB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AB56
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -6.57, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 45.40, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.02 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.108 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0109, 39.9894, 14.6241)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AB56 #5663B8

analogous

#B87A56 #B8AB56 #94B856

triadic

#B8AB56 #56B8AB #AB56B8

tetradic

#B8AB56 #56B87A #5663B8 #B85694

square

#B8AB56 #56B87A #5663B8 #B85694

split-complementary

#B8AB56 #5694B8 #7A56B8

monochromatic

#68602C #93883E #B8AB56 #CAC081 #DCD6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8AB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B8AB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AB56

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AB56	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc388',
    500: '#b8ab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ab56;
$custom-light: #cfc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73448,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AB56

secondary

#A0A5CA

accent

#67D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AB56

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

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