#B8AE39#B8AE39

#B8AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE39
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -10.15, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 59.35, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0336 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6432, 40.7592, 9.8599)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE39 #3943B8

analogous

#B86F39 #B8AE39 #82B839

triadic

#B8AE39 #39B8AE #AE39B8

tetradic

#B8AE39 #39B86F #3943B8 #B83982

square

#B8AE39 #39B86F #3943B8 #B83982

split-complementary

#B8AE39 #3982B8 #6F39B8

monochromatic

#5B561C #89822B #B8AE39 #CEC560 #DCD68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE39

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE39	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c576',
    500: '#b8ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae39;
$custom-light: #d1c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE39

secondary

#868BC7

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE39

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

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