#B8AC40#B8AC40

#B8AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC40
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -8.71, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 55.79, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0287 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(35.4465, 40.0670, 10.7160)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC40 #404CB8

analogous

#B87040 #B8AC40 #88B840

triadic

#B8AC40 #40B8AC #AC40B8

tetradic

#B8AC40 #40B870 #404CB8 #B84088

square

#B8AC40 #40B870 #404CB8 #B84088

split-complementary

#B8AC40 #4088B8 #7040B8

monochromatic

#5D5720 #8B8230 #B8AC40 #CBC16A #DBD497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B8AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC40

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC40	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)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c47a',
    500: '#b8ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac40;
$custom-light: #d0c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.40066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC40

secondary

#8D93C7

accent

#5DD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC40

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

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