#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
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -10.51, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 61.98, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0353 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.139 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4804, 40.6941, 9.0028)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B8AE32	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)

#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

Preview with #B8AE32

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

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