#B8AC3C#B8AC3C

#B8AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC3C
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -8.95, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 57.44, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0298 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3367, 40.0230, 10.1380)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC3C #3C48B8

analogous

#B86E3C #B8AC3C #86B83C

triadic

#B8AC3C #3CB8AC #AC3CB8

tetradic

#B8AC3C #3CB86E #3C48B8 #B83C86

square

#B8AC3C #3CB86E #3C48B8 #B83C86

split-complementary

#B8AC3C #3C86B8 #6E3CB8

monochromatic

#5C561E #8A812D #B8AC3C #CDC365 #DCD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B8AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC3C

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC3C	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)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c478',
    500: '#b8ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac3c;
$custom-light: #d1c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73388,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC3C

secondary

#898FC7

accent

#5BDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC3C

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

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