#B8AC2A#B8AC2A

#B8AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.142 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC2A
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -9.81, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 64.03, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0341 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.142 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9392, 39.8640, 8.0442)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC2A #2A36B8

analogous

#B8652A #B8AC2A #7DB82A

triadic

#B8AC2A #2AB8AC #AC2AB8

tetradic

#B8AC2A #2AB865 #2A36B8 #B82A7D

square

#B8AC2A #2AB865 #2A36B8 #B82A7D

split-complementary

#B8AC2A #2A7DB8 #652AB8

monochromatic

#544F13 #867D1F #B8AC2A #D6CA4A #E1D87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B8AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC2A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC2A	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)

#BCA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.142 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c46f',
    500: '#b8ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac2a;
$custom-light: #d1c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73262,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC2A

secondary

#757CC9

accent

#50E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →