#B8AD32#B8AD32

#B8AD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD32
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -9.99, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 61.63, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0338 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2880, 40.3092, 8.9387)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD32 #323DB8

analogous

#B86A32 #B8AD32 #80B832

triadic

#B8AD32 #32B8AD #AD32B8

tetradic

#B8AD32 #32B86A #323DB8 #B83280

square

#B8AD32 #32B86A #323DB8 #B83280

split-complementary

#B8AD32 #3280B8 #6A32B8

monochromatic

#585318 #888025 #B8AD32 #D1C756 #DED786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD32

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD32	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)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c573',
    500: '#b8ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad32;
$custom-light: #d1c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73528,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD32

secondary

#7E84C8

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD32

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

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