#B8AD2B#B8AD2B

#B8AD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.143 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD2B
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -10.29, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 64.03, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0353 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.143 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1483, 40.2533, 8.2033)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD2B #2B36B8

analogous

#B8672B #B8AD2B #7DB82B

triadic

#B8AD2B #2BB8AD #AD2BB8

tetradic

#B8AD2B #2BB867 #2B36B8 #B82B7D

square

#B8AD2B #2BB867 #2B36B8 #B82B7D

split-complementary

#B8AD2B #2B7DB8 #672BB8

monochromatic

#555014 #867E1F #B8AD2B #D5CA4B #E1D97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B8AD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD2B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD2B	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)

#BDA70B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.143 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c56f',
    500: '#b8ad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad2b;
$custom-light: #d1c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73484,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD2B

secondary

#767CC9

accent

#4FE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD2B

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

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