#B8AD45#B8AD45

#B8AD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD45
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -8.91, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 54.01, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0287 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7862, 40.5085, 11.5629)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD45 #4550B8

analogous

#B87445 #B8AD45 #8AB845

triadic

#B8AD45 #45B8AD #AD45B8

tetradic

#B8AD45 #45B874 #4550B8 #B8458A

square

#B8AD45 #45B874 #4550B8 #B8458A

split-complementary

#B8AD45 #458AB8 #7445B8

monochromatic

#5F5924 #8B8334 #B8AD45 #CAC171 #DAD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8AD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B8AD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD45

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD45	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57d',
    500: '#b8ad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad45;
$custom-light: #d0c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD45

secondary

#9297C7

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD45

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

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