#B8AD2E#B8AD2E

#B8AD2E 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 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD2E
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -10.17, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 63.03, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0347 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.141 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2054, 40.2762, 8.5039)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD2E #2E39B8

analogous

#B8682E #B8AD2E #7EB82E

triadic

#B8AD2E #2EB8AD #AD2EB8

tetradic

#B8AD2E #2EB868 #2E39B8 #B82E7E

square

#B8AD2E #2EB868 #2E39B8 #B82E7E

split-complementary

#B8AD2E #2E7EB8 #682EB8

monochromatic

#565116 #877F22 #B8AD2E #D3C950 #DFD881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD2E

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD2E	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c571',
    500: '#b8ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad2e;
$custom-light: #d1c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD2E

secondary

#7980C8

accent

#51E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD2E

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

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