#B8AC3E#B8AC3E

#B8AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC3E
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -8.83, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 56.62, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0293 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.129 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3906, 40.0446, 10.4217)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC3E #3E4AB8

analogous

#B86F3E #B8AC3E #87B83E

triadic

#B8AC3E #3EB8AC #AC3EB8

tetradic

#B8AC3E #3EB86F #3E4AB8 #B83E87

square

#B8AC3E #3EB86F #3E4AB8 #B83E87

split-complementary

#B8AC3E #3E87B8 #6F3EB8

monochromatic

#5C561F #8A812F #B8AC3E #CCC267 #DBD495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B8AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC3E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC3E	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c479',
    500: '#b8ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac3e;
$custom-light: #d0c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC3E

secondary

#8B91C7

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC3E

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

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