#B8AC2E#B8AC2E

#B8AC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC2E
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -9.65, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 62.70, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0332 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0144, 39.8941, 8.4402)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC2E #2E3AB8

analogous

#B8672E #B8AC2E #7FB82E

triadic

#B8AC2E #2EB8AC #AC2EB8

tetradic

#B8AC2E #2EB867 #2E3AB8 #B82E7F

square

#B8AC2E #2EB867 #2E3AB8 #B82E7F

split-complementary

#B8AC2E #2E7FB8 #672EB8

monochromatic

#565016 #877E22 #B8AC2E #D3C850 #DFD781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B8AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC2E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC2E	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)

#BCA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c470',
    500: '#b8ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac2e;
$custom-light: #d1c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC2E

secondary

#7980C8

accent

#52E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC2E

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

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