#B8AE3E#B8AE3E

#B8AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE3E
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -9.87, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 57.35, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0322 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7741, 40.8116, 10.5495)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE3E #3E48B8

analogous

#B8713E #B8AE3E #85B83E

triadic

#B8AE3E #3EB8AE #AE3EB8

tetradic

#B8AE3E #3EB871 #3E48B8 #B83E85

square

#B8AE3E #3EB871 #3E48B8 #B83E85

split-complementary

#B8AE3E #3E85B8 #713EB8

monochromatic

#5C571F #8A832F #B8AE3E #CCC467 #DBD695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B8AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE3E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c579',
    500: '#b8ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae3e;
$custom-light: #d0c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE3E

secondary

#8B90C7

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE3E

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

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