#B8AC4E#B8AC4E

#B8AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AC4E
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -7.74, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 49.58, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0243 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8961, 40.2468, 13.0838)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AC4E #4E5AB8

analogous

#B8774E #B8AC4E #8FB84E

triadic

#B8AC4E #4EB8AC #AC4EB8

tetradic

#B8AC4E #4EB877 #4E5AB8 #B84E8F

square

#B8AC4E #4EB877 #4E5AB8 #B84E8F

split-complementary

#B8AC4E #4E8FB8 #774EB8

monochromatic

#645D28 #8F8639 #B8AC4E #CAC07A #DBD5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B8AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AC4E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AC4E	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c483',
    500: '#b8ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ac4e;
$custom-light: #d0c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AC4E

secondary

#9A9FC8

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AC4E

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

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