#B8AE38#B8AE38

#B8AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE38
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -10.21, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 59.74, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0338 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6185, 40.7493, 9.7298)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE38 #3842B8

analogous

#B86E38 #B8AE38 #82B838

triadic

#B8AE38 #38B8AE #AE38B8

tetradic

#B8AE38 #38B86E #3842B8 #B83882

square

#B8AE38 #38B86E #3842B8 #B83882

split-complementary

#B8AE38 #3882B8 #6E38B8

monochromatic

#5A551B #89822A #B8AE38 #CEC65F #DDD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE38

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c576',
    500: '#b8ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae38;
$custom-light: #d1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73788,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE38

secondary

#858AC7

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE38

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

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