#B8AC36#B8AC36

#B8AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC36
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -9.27, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 59.80, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0314 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1870, 39.9632, 9.3495)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC36 #3642B8

analogous

#B86B36 #B8AC36 #83B836

triadic

#B8AC36 #36B8AC #AC36B8

tetradic

#B8AC36 #36B86B #3642B8 #B83683

square

#B8AC36 #36B86B #3642B8 #B83683

split-complementary

#B8AC36 #3683B8 #6B36B8

monochromatic

#59541A #898028 #B8AC36 #CFC55C #DDD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B8AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC36

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC36	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c475',
    500: '#b8ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac36;
$custom-light: #d1c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC36

secondary

#8289C7

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC36

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

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