#B8AE33#B8AE33

#B8AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE33
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -10.46, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 61.61, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.035 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5022, 40.7029, 9.1177)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE33 #333DB8

analogous

#B86B33 #B8AE33 #7FB833

triadic

#B8AE33 #33B8AE #AE33B8

tetradic

#B8AE33 #33B86B #333DB8 #B8337F

square

#B8AE33 #33B86B #333DB8 #B8337F

split-complementary

#B8AE33 #337FB8 #6B33B8

monochromatic

#585318 #888126 #B8AE33 #D1C858 #DED788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B8AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE33

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE33	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)

#BDA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c573',
    500: '#b8ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae33;
$custom-light: #d1c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE33

secondary

#7F85C8

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE33

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

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