#B8AD33#B8AD33

#B8AD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD33
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -9.94, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 61.27, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0336 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3098, 40.3179, 9.0535)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD33 #333EB8

analogous

#B86A33 #B8AD33 #80B833

triadic

#B8AD33 #33B8AD #AD33B8

tetradic

#B8AD33 #33B86A #333EB8 #B83380

square

#B8AD33 #33B86A #333EB8 #B83380

split-complementary

#B8AD33 #3380B8 #6A33B8

monochromatic

#585318 #888026 #B8AD33 #D1C758 #DED788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD33

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD33	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)

#BDA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c573',
    500: '#b8ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad33;
$custom-light: #d1c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD33

secondary

#7F85C8

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD33

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

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