#B8AD2C#B8AD2C

#B8AD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.142 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD2C
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -10.25, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 63.71, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0351 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.142 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1669, 40.2608, 8.3011)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD2C #2C37B8

analogous

#B8672C #B8AD2C #7DB82C

triadic

#B8AD2C #2CB8AD #AD2CB8

tetradic

#B8AD2C #2CB867 #2C37B8 #B82C7D

square

#B8AD2C #2CB867 #2C37B8 #B82C7D

split-complementary

#B8AD2C #2C7DB8 #672CB8

monochromatic

#555014 #877F20 #B8AD2C #D4CA4D #E0D97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B8AD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD2C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD2C	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)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.142 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c570',
    500: '#b8ad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad2c;
$custom-light: #d1c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD2C

secondary

#777DC9

accent

#50E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD2C

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

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