#B8AC38#B8AC38

#B8AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC38
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -9.17, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 59.03, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0309 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2350, 39.9823, 9.6020)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC38 #3844B8

analogous

#B86C38 #B8AC38 #84B838

triadic

#B8AC38 #38B8AC #AC38B8

tetradic

#B8AC38 #38B86C #3844B8 #B83884

square

#B8AC38 #38B86C #3844B8 #B83884

split-complementary

#B8AC38 #3884B8 #6C38B8

monochromatic

#5A541B #89802A #B8AC38 #CEC45F #DDD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B8AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC38

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC38	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c476',
    500: '#b8ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac38;
$custom-light: #d1c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73356,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC38

secondary

#858BC7

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC38

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

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