#B8AE45#B8AE45

#B8AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE45
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -9.43, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 54.39, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0302 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9787, 40.8934, 11.6271)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE45 #454FB8

analogous

#B87545 #B8AE45 #88B845

triadic

#B8AE45 #45B8AE #AE45B8

tetradic

#B8AE45 #45B875 #454FB8 #B84588

square

#B8AE45 #45B875 #454FB8 #B84588

split-complementary

#B8AE45 #4588B8 #7545B8

monochromatic

#5F5A24 #8B8434 #B8AE45 #CAC271 #DAD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B8AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE45

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE45	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)

#BDA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57d',
    500: '#b8ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae45;
$custom-light: #d0c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE45

secondary

#9297C7

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE45

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

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