#B8AD46#B8AD46

#B8AD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD46
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -8.84, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 53.57, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0284 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8175, 40.5210, 11.7278)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD46 #4651B8

analogous

#B87446 #B8AD46 #8AB846

triadic

#B8AD46 #46B8AD #AD46B8

tetradic

#B8AD46 #46B874 #4651B8 #B8468A

square

#B8AD46 #46B874 #4651B8 #B8468A

split-complementary

#B8AD46 #468AB8 #7446B8

monochromatic

#5F5A24 #8C8335 #B8AD46 #C9C172 #DAD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8AD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B8AD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD46

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57e',
    500: '#b8ad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad46;
$custom-light: #d0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73695,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD46

secondary

#9398C7

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD46

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

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