#B8AE37#B8AE37

#B8AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE37
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -10.26, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 60.12, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0341 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5943, 40.7397, 9.6023)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE37 #3741B8

analogous

#B86E37 #B8AE37 #82B837

triadic

#B8AE37 #37B8AE #AE37B8

tetradic

#B8AE37 #37B86E #3741B8 #B83782

square

#B8AE37 #37B86E #3741B8 #B83782

split-complementary

#B8AE37 #3782B8 #6E37B8

monochromatic

#5A551B #898129 #B8AE37 #CFC65D #DDD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE37

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE37	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)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c575',
    500: '#b8ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae37;
$custom-light: #d1c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7378,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE37

secondary

#8489C7

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE37

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

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