#B8AE47#B8AE47

#B8AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE47
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -9.30, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 53.51, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0296 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0418, 40.9187, 11.9596)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE47 #4751B8

analogous

#B87547 #B8AE47 #8AB847

triadic

#B8AE47 #47B8AE #AE47B8

tetradic

#B8AE47 #47B875 #4751B8 #B8478A

square

#B8AE47 #47B875 #4751B8 #B8478A

split-complementary

#B8AE47 #478AB8 #7547B8

monochromatic

#605A25 #8C8436 #B8AE47 #C9C173 #DAD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B8AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE47

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE47	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)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57f',
    500: '#b8ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae47;
$custom-light: #d0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7392,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE47

secondary

#9499C7

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE47

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

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