#B8AD2D#B8AD2D

#B8AD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.141 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD2D
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -10.21, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 63.37, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0349 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.141 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1859, 40.2684, 8.4013)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD2D #2D38B8

analogous

#B8682D #B8AD2D #7DB82D

triadic

#B8AD2D #2DB8AD #AD2DB8

tetradic

#B8AD2D #2DB868 #2D38B8 #B82D7D

square

#B8AD2D #2DB868 #2D38B8 #B82D7D

split-complementary

#B8AD2D #2D7DB8 #682DB8

monochromatic

#565115 #877F21 #B8AD2D #D4C94E #E0D880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B8AD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD2D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD2D	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)

#BDA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c570',
    500: '#b8ad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad2d;
$custom-light: #d1c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73496,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD2D

secondary

#787FC9

accent

#51E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD2D

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

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