#B8AD31#B8AD31

#B8AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD31
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -10.03, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 61.99, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.034 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2666, 40.3007, 8.8263)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD31 #313CB8

analogous

#B86931 #B8AD31 #7FB831

triadic

#B8AD31 #31B8AD #AD31B8

tetradic

#B8AD31 #31B869 #313CB8 #B8317F

square

#B8AD31 #31B869 #313CB8 #B8317F

split-complementary

#B8AD31 #317FB8 #6931B8

monochromatic

#575217 #888024 #B8AD31 #D2C755 #DED785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD31

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD31	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)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c572',
    500: '#b8ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad31;
$custom-light: #d1c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD31

secondary

#7D83C8

accent

#53E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD31

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

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