#B8AE30#B8AE30

#B8AE30 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 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE30
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -10.60, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 62.68, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0357 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4382, 40.6772, 8.7805)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE30 #303AB8

analogous

#B86A30 #B8AE30 #7EB830

triadic

#B8AE30 #30B8AE #AE30B8

tetradic

#B8AE30 #30B86A #303AB8 #B8307E

square

#B8AE30 #30B86A #303AB8 #B8307E

split-complementary

#B8AE30 #307EB8 #6A30B8

monochromatic

#575217 #878023 #B8AE30 #D2C953 #DFD884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B8AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE30

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE30	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c572',
    500: '#b8ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae30;
$custom-light: #d1c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73731,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE30

secondary

#7C81C8

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE30

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

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