#B8AD47#B8AD47

#B8AD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD47
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -8.78, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 53.13, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0281 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.123 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8494, 40.5338, 11.8954)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD47 #4752B8

analogous

#B87447 #B8AD47 #8BB847

triadic

#B8AD47 #47B8AD #AD47B8

tetradic

#B8AD47 #47B874 #4752B8 #B8478B

square

#B8AD47 #47B874 #4752B8 #B8478B

split-complementary

#B8AD47 #478BB8 #7447B8

monochromatic

#605A25 #8C8336 #B8AD47 #C9C173 #DAD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8AD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B8AD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD47

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD47	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57e',
    500: '#b8ad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad47;
$custom-light: #d0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD47

secondary

#9499C7

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD47

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

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