#B8AE36#B8AE36

#B8AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE36
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -10.31, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 60.50, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0343 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5705, 40.7302, 9.4773)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE36 #3640B8

analogous

#B86D36 #B8AE36 #81B836

triadic

#B8AE36 #36B8AE #AE36B8

tetradic

#B8AE36 #36B86D #3640B8 #B83681

square

#B8AE36 #36B86D #3640B8 #B83681

split-complementary

#B8AE36 #3681B8 #6D36B8

monochromatic

#59551A #898128 #B8AE36 #CFC65C #DDD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE36

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE36	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c575',
    500: '#b8ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae36;
$custom-light: #d1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73773,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE36

secondary

#8288C7

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE36

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

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