#B8AE52#B8AE52

#B8AE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE52
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -8.48, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 48.49, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.026 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.114 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4274, 41.0729, 13.9900)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE52 #525CB8

analogous

#B87B52 #B8AE52 #8FB852

triadic

#B8AE52 #52B8AE #AE52B8

tetradic

#B8AE52 #52B87B #525CB8 #B8528F

square

#B8AE52 #52B87B #525CB8 #B8528F

split-complementary

#B8AE52 #528FB8 #7B52B8

monochromatic

#66602A #91893C #B8AE52 #CAC27D #DCD7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B8AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE52

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE52	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c585',
    500: '#b8ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae52;
$custom-light: #d0c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE52

secondary

#9DA1C9

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE52

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

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