#B8AD34#B8AD34

#B8AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD34
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -9.89, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 60.90, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0333 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3321, 40.3268, 9.1709)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD34 #343FB8

analogous

#B86B34 #B8AD34 #81B834

triadic

#B8AD34 #34B8AD #AD34B8

tetradic

#B8AD34 #34B86B #343FB8 #B83481

square

#B8AD34 #34B86B #343FB8 #B83481

split-complementary

#B8AD34 #3481B8 #6B34B8

monochromatic

#595319 #888027 #B8AD34 #D0C659 #DED789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B8AD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD34

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD34	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c574',
    500: '#b8ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad34;
$custom-light: #d1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73542,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD34

secondary

#8086C8

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD34

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

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