#B8AD37#B8AD37

#B8AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD37
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -9.74, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 59.77, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0326 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4018, 40.3547, 9.5381)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD37 #3742B8

analogous

#B86D37 #B8AD37 #83B837

triadic

#B8AD37 #37B8AD #AD37B8

tetradic

#B8AD37 #37B86D #3742B8 #B83783

square

#B8AD37 #37B86D #3742B8 #B83783

split-complementary

#B8AD37 #3783B8 #6D37B8

monochromatic

#5A541B #898129 #B8AD37 #CFC55D #DDD68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B8AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD37

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c575',
    500: '#b8ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad37;
$custom-light: #d1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD37

secondary

#8489C7

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD37

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

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