#B8AE2A#B8AE2A

#B8AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.144 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE2A
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -10.85, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 64.69, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.037 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.144 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3227, 40.6310, 8.1720)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE2A #2A34B8

analogous

#B8672A #B8AE2A #7BB82A

triadic

#B8AE2A #2AB8AE #AE2AB8

tetradic

#B8AE2A #2AB867 #2A34B8 #B82A7B

square

#B8AE2A #2AB867 #2A34B8 #B82A7B

split-complementary

#B8AE2A #2A7BB8 #672AB8

monochromatic

#545013 #867F1F #B8AE2A #D6CC4A #E1DA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE2A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE2A	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)

#BEA807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.144 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c56f',
    500: '#b8ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae2a;
$custom-light: #d1c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73695,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE2A

secondary

#757BC9

accent

#4DE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE2A

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

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