#B8AE3A#B8AE3A

#B8AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE3A
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -10.10, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 58.96, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0333 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6684, 40.7693, 9.9926)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE3A #3A44B8

analogous

#B86F3A #B8AE3A #83B83A

triadic

#B8AE3A #3AB8AE #AE3AB8

tetradic

#B8AE3A #3AB86F #3A44B8 #B83A83

square

#B8AE3A #3AB86F #3A44B8 #B83A83

split-complementary

#B8AE3A #3A83B8 #6F3AB8

monochromatic

#5B561D #89822B #B8AE3A #CDC562 #DCD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE3A

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE3A	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c577',
    500: '#b8ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae3a;
$custom-light: #d1c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE3A

secondary

#878CC7

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE3A

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

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