#B8AE2B#B8AE2B

#B8AE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE2B
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -10.81, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 64.37, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0368 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.143 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3408, 40.6383, 8.2674)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE2B #2B35B8

analogous

#B8682B #B8AE2B #7BB82B

triadic

#B8AE2B #2BB8AE #AE2BB8

tetradic

#B8AE2B #2BB868 #2B35B8 #B82B7B

square

#B8AE2B #2BB868 #2B35B8 #B82B7B

split-complementary

#B8AE2B #2B7BB8 #682BB8

monochromatic

#555014 #867F1F #B8AE2B #D5CB4B #E1DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE2B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE2B	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)

#BEA80A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c56f',
    500: '#b8ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae2b;
$custom-light: #d1c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE2B

secondary

#767CC9

accent

#4EE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE2B

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

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