#B8AE41#B8AE41

#B8AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE41
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -9.69, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 56.10, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0314 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8587, 40.8454, 10.9951)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE41 #414BB8

analogous

#B87341 #B8AE41 #87B841

triadic

#B8AE41 #41B8AE #AE41B8

tetradic

#B8AE41 #41B873 #414BB8 #B84187

square

#B8AE41 #41B873 #414BB8 #B84187

split-complementary

#B8AE41 #4187B8 #7341B8

monochromatic

#5E5821 #8B8331 #B8AE41 #CBC36B #DBD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B8AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE41

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE41	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)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57b',
    500: '#b8ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae41;
$custom-light: #d0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE41

secondary

#8E93C7

accent

#5CD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE41

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

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