#B8AE3D#B8AE3D

#B8AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE3D
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -9.93, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 57.76, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0325 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7469, 40.8007, 10.4063)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE3D #3D47B8

analogous

#B8703D #B8AE3D #84B83D

triadic

#B8AE3D #3DB8AE #AE3DB8

tetradic

#B8AE3D #3DB870 #3D47B8 #B83D84

square

#B8AE3D #3DB870 #3D47B8 #B83D84

split-complementary

#B8AE3D #3D84B8 #703DB8

monochromatic

#5C571F #8A832E #B8AE3D #CCC466 #DBD694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B8AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE3D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE3D	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c579',
    500: '#b8ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae3d;
$custom-light: #d0c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE3D

secondary

#8A8FC7

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE3D

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

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