#B8AD35#B8AD35

#B8AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD35
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -9.84, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 60.53, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0331 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(35.3548, 40.3359, 9.2908)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD35 #3540B8

analogous

#B86C35 #B8AD35 #82B835

triadic

#B8AD35 #35B8AD #AD35B8

tetradic

#B8AD35 #35B86C #3540B8 #B83582

square

#B8AD35 #35B86C #3540B8 #B83582

split-complementary

#B8AD35 #3582B8 #6C35B8

monochromatic

#59541A #888027 #B8AD35 #D0C65B #DDD68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B8AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD35

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD35	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)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c574',
    500: '#b8ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad35;
$custom-light: #d1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73549,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.40335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD35

secondary

#8187C7

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD35

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

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