#B8AD36#B8AD36

#B8AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD36
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -9.79, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 60.15, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0329 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(35.3781, 40.3452, 9.4132)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD36 #3641B8

analogous

#B86C36 #B8AD36 #82B836

triadic

#B8AD36 #36B8AD #AD36B8

tetradic

#B8AD36 #36B86C #3641B8 #B83682

square

#B8AD36 #36B86C #3641B8 #B83682

split-complementary

#B8AD36 #3682B8 #6C36B8

monochromatic

#59541A #898128 #B8AD36 #CFC55C #DDD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B8AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD36

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c575',
    500: '#b8ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad36;
$custom-light: #d1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD36

secondary

#8288C7

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD36

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

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