#B8AE53#B8AE53

#B8AE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AE53
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -8.40, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 48.02, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0256 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.113 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4657, 41.0882, 14.1919)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AE53 #535DB8

analogous

#B87B53 #B8AE53 #90B853

triadic

#B8AE53 #53B8AE #AE53B8

tetradic

#B8AE53 #53B87B #535DB8 #B85390

square

#B8AE53 #53B87B #535DB8 #B85390

split-complementary

#B8AE53 #5390B8 #7B53B8

monochromatic

#66602A #92893C #B8AE53 #CAC27E #DCD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B8AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AE53

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AE53	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c586',
    500: '#b8ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ae53;
$custom-light: #d0c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74053,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AE53

secondary

#9DA2C9

accent

#63D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AE53

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

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