#B8AC2C#B8AC2C

#B8AC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.141 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC2C
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -9.73, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 63.38, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0337 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.141 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9759, 39.8787, 8.2374)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC2C #2C38B8

analogous

#B8662C #B8AC2C #7EB82C

triadic

#B8AC2C #2CB8AC #AC2CB8

tetradic

#B8AC2C #2CB866 #2C38B8 #B82C7E

square

#B8AC2C #2CB866 #2C38B8 #B82C7E

split-complementary

#B8AC2C #2C7EB8 #662CB8

monochromatic

#555014 #877E20 #B8AC2C #D4C94D #E0D87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8AC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B8AC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC2C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC2C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.141 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c46f',
    500: '#b8ac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac2c;
$custom-light: #d1c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73274,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC2C

secondary

#777EC9

accent

#51E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC2C

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

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