#B8AD3A#B8AD3A

#B8AD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD3A
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -9.58, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 58.60, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0318 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4759, 40.3844, 9.9284)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD3A #3A45B8

analogous

#B86E3A #B8AD3A #84B83A

triadic

#B8AD3A #3AB8AD #AD3AB8

tetradic

#B8AD3A #3AB86E #3A45B8 #B83A84

square

#B8AD3A #3AB86E #3A45B8 #B83A84

split-complementary

#B8AD3A #3A84B8 #6E3AB8

monochromatic

#5B551D #89812B #B8AD3A #CDC462 #DCD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8AD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B8AD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD3A

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD3A	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c577',
    500: '#b8ad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad3a;
$custom-light: #d1c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73587,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD3A

secondary

#878CC7

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD3A

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

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