#B8AC31#B8AC31

#B8AC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC31
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -9.51, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 61.65, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0326 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0756, 39.9186, 8.7626)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC31 #313DB8

analogous

#B86931 #B8AC31 #80B831

triadic

#B8AC31 #31B8AC #AC31B8

tetradic

#B8AC31 #31B869 #313DB8 #B83180

square

#B8AC31 #31B869 #313DB8 #B83180

split-complementary

#B8AC31 #3180B8 #6931B8

monochromatic

#575217 #887F24 #B8AC31 #D2C755 #DED785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8AC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B8AC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC31

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC31	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)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c472',
    500: '#b8ac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac31;
$custom-light: #d1c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC31

secondary

#7D84C8

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC31

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

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