#B8AE40#B8AE40

#B8AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE40
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -9.75, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 56.52, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0317 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.13 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8300, 40.8340, 10.8439)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE40 #404AB8

analogous

#B87240 #B8AE40 #86B840

triadic

#B8AE40 #40B8AE #AE40B8

tetradic

#B8AE40 #40B872 #404AB8 #B84086

square

#B8AE40 #40B872 #404AB8 #B84086

split-complementary

#B8AE40 #4086B8 #7240B8

monochromatic

#5D5820 #8B8330 #B8AE40 #CBC36A #DBD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B8AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE40

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE40	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57a',
    500: '#b8ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae40;
$custom-light: #d0c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE40

secondary

#8D92C7

accent

#5BD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE40

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

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