#B8AE34#B8AE34

#B8AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE34
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -10.41, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 61.25, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0348 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5245, 40.7118, 9.2351)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE34 #343EB8

analogous

#B86C34 #B8AE34 #80B834

triadic

#B8AE34 #34B8AE #AE34B8

tetradic

#B8AE34 #34B86C #343EB8 #B83480

square

#B8AE34 #34B86C #343EB8 #B83480

split-complementary

#B8AE34 #3480B8 #6C34B8

monochromatic

#595419 #888127 #B8AE34 #D0C759 #DED789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B8AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE34

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE34	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)

#BDA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c574',
    500: '#b8ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae34;
$custom-light: #d1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE34

secondary

#8086C8

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE34

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

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