#B8AE32#B8AE32

#B8AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.139 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B8AE32
RGBrgb(184, 174, 50)
HSLhsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(56, 73%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.96, -10.51, 61.08)
CIE-LCHlch(69.96, 61.98, 99.76°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.0353 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.139 104.7)
XYZxyz(35.4804, 40.6941, 9.0028)
Luminance0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B8AE32 #323CB8
analogous
#B86B32 #B8AE32 #7FB832
triadic
#B8AE32 #32B8AE #AE32B8
tetradic
#B8AE32 #32B86B #323CB8 #B8327F
square
#B8AE32 #32B86B #323CB8 #B8327F
split-complementary
#B8AE32 #327FB8 #6B32B8
monochromatic
#585318 #888025 #B8AE32 #D1C856 #DED886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#B8AE32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#B8AE32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE32
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B8AE32#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B8AE321.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA81C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AD3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6A296
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b8ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.139 104.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c573',
    500: '#b8ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b8ae32;
$custom-light: #d1c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b8ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73744,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B8AE32
secondary
#7E83C8
accent
#53E147
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141208
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#B8AE32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva