#B8AE2E#B8AE2E

#B8AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE2E
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -10.69, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 63.37, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0362 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.142 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3979, 40.6611, 8.5680)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE2E #2E38B8

analogous

#B8692E #B8AE2E #7DB82E

triadic

#B8AE2E #2EB8AE #AE2EB8

tetradic

#B8AE2E #2EB869 #2E38B8 #B82E7D

square

#B8AE2E #2EB869 #2E38B8 #B82E7D

split-complementary

#B8AE2E #2E7DB8 #692EB8

monochromatic

#565116 #878022 #B8AE2E #D3CA50 #DFD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE2E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE2E	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)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c571',
    500: '#b8ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae2e;
$custom-light: #d1c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE2E

secondary

#797FC8

accent

#50E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE2E

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

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