#B8AE44#B8AE44

#B8AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE44
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -9.50, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 54.82, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0305 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9479, 40.8811, 11.4650)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE44 #444EB8

analogous

#B87444 #B8AE44 #88B844

triadic

#B8AE44 #44B8AE #AE44B8

tetradic

#B8AE44 #44B874 #444EB8 #B84488

square

#B8AE44 #44B874 #444EB8 #B84488

split-complementary

#B8AE44 #4488B8 #7444B8

monochromatic

#5F5923 #8B8433 #B8AE44 #CAC26F #DAD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B8AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE44

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE44	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57d',
    500: '#b8ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae44;
$custom-light: #d0c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE44

secondary

#9196C7

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE44

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

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