#B8AE4E#B8AE4E

#B8AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE4E
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -8.79, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 50.36, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0273 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2796, 41.0138, 13.2117)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE4E #4E58B8

analogous

#B8794E #B8AE4E #8DB84E

triadic

#B8AE4E #4EB8AE #AE4EB8

tetradic

#B8AE4E #4EB879 #4E58B8 #B84E8D

square

#B8AE4E #4EB879 #4E58B8 #B84E8D

split-complementary

#B8AE4E #4E8DB8 #794EB8

monochromatic

#645E28 #8F8739 #B8AE4E #CAC27A #DBD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B8AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE4E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE4E	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c583',
    500: '#b8ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae4e;
$custom-light: #d0c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE4E

secondary

#9A9EC8

accent

#61D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE4E

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

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