#B8AE35#B8AE35

#B8AE35 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	#B8AE35
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -10.36, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 60.88, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0346 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5473, 40.7209, 9.3549)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE35 #353FB8

analogous

#B86D35 #B8AE35 #81B835

triadic

#B8AE35 #35B8AE #AE35B8

tetradic

#B8AE35 #35B86D #353FB8 #B83581

square

#B8AE35 #35B86D #353FB8 #B83581

split-complementary

#B8AE35 #3581B8 #6D35B8

monochromatic

#59541A #888127 #B8AE35 #D0C75B #DDD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B8AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE35

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE35	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c574',
    500: '#b8ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae35;
$custom-light: #d1c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE35

secondary

#8187C7

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE35

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

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