#B8AE2C#B8AE2C

#B8AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE2C
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -10.77, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 64.04, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0366 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3594, 40.6457, 8.3652)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE2C #2C36B8

analogous

#B8682C #B8AE2C #7CB82C

triadic

#B8AE2C #2CB8AE #AE2CB8

tetradic

#B8AE2C #2CB868 #2C36B8 #B82C7C

square

#B8AE2C #2CB868 #2C36B8 #B82C7C

split-complementary

#B8AE2C #2C7CB8 #682CB8

monochromatic

#555114 #877F20 #B8AE2C #D4CB4D #E0D97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE2C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE2C	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)

#BEA80E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c570',
    500: '#b8ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae2c;
$custom-light: #d1c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73706,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE2C

secondary

#777DC9

accent

#4FE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE2C

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

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