#B8AD3E#B8AD3E

#B8AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD3E
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -9.35, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 56.98, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0307 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.13 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5816, 40.4267, 10.4854)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD3E #3E49B8

analogous

#B8703E #B8AD3E #86B83E

triadic

#B8AD3E #3EB8AD #AD3EB8

tetradic

#B8AD3E #3EB870 #3E49B8 #B83E86

square

#B8AD3E #3EB870 #3E49B8 #B83E86

split-complementary

#B8AD3E #3E86B8 #703EB8

monochromatic

#5C571F #8A822F #B8AD3E #CCC367 #DBD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B8AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD3E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD3E	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)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c579',
    500: '#b8ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad3e;
$custom-light: #d0c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD3E

secondary

#8B90C7

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD3E

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

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