#B8AE2F#B8AE2F

#B8AE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE2F
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -10.64, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 63.03, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0359 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4178, 40.6691, 8.6731)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE2F #2F39B8

analogous

#B8692F #B8AE2F #7EB82F

triadic

#B8AE2F #2FB8AE #AE2FB8

tetradic

#B8AE2F #2FB869 #2F39B8 #B82F7E

square

#B8AE2F #2FB869 #2F39B8 #B82F7E

split-complementary

#B8AE2F #2F7EB8 #692FB8

monochromatic

#575216 #878023 #B8AE2F #D3C952 #DFD882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE2F

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE2F	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)

#BEA815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c571',
    500: '#b8ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae2f;
$custom-light: #d1c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73725,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE2F

secondary

#7B80C8

accent

#51E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE2F

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

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