#B8AE48#B8AE48

#B8AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE48
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -9.23, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 53.07, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0293 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0742, 40.9316, 12.1300)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE48 #4852B8

analogous

#B87648 #B8AE48 #8AB848

triadic

#B8AE48 #48B8AE #AE48B8

tetradic

#B8AE48 #48B876 #4852B8 #B8488A

square

#B8AE48 #48B876 #4852B8 #B8488A

split-complementary

#B8AE48 #488AB8 #7648B8

monochromatic

#605B25 #8C8536 #B8AE48 #C9C274 #DAD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B8AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE48

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE48	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c57f',
    500: '#b8ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae48;
$custom-light: #d0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE48

secondary

#9599C7

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE48

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

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