#B8AD4E#B8AD4E

#B8AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AD4E
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -8.27, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 49.97, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0258 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.117 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0871, 40.6289, 13.1475)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AD4E #4E59B8

analogous

#B8784E #B8AD4E #8EB84E

triadic

#B8AD4E #4EB8AD #AD4EB8

tetradic

#B8AD4E #4EB878 #4E59B8 #B84E8E

square

#B8AD4E #4EB878 #4E59B8 #B84E8E

split-complementary

#B8AD4E #4E8EB8 #784EB8

monochromatic

#645D28 #8F8639 #B8AD4E #CAC17A #DBD5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AD4E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AD4E	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c583',
    500: '#b8ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ad4e;
$custom-light: #d0c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AD4E

secondary

#9A9EC8

accent

#62D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AD4E

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

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