#B8AD41#B8AD41

#B8AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD41
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -9.17, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 55.73, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0299 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6662, 40.4605, 10.9309)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD41 #414CB8

analogous

#B87241 #B8AD41 #88B841

triadic

#B8AD41 #41B8AD #AD41B8

tetradic

#B8AD41 #41B872 #414CB8 #B84188

square

#B8AD41 #41B872 #414CB8 #B84188

split-complementary

#B8AD41 #4188B8 #7241B8

monochromatic

#5E5821 #8B8231 #B8AD41 #CBC26B #DBD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B8AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD41

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD41	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57b',
    500: '#b8ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad41;
$custom-light: #d0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73647,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD41

secondary

#8E93C7

accent

#5DD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD41

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

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