#B8AF2E#B8AF2E

#B8AF2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AF2E
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -11.20, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 63.71, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0376 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5918, 41.0489, 8.6327)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AF2E #2E37B8

analogous

#B86A2E #B8AF2E #7CB82E

triadic

#B8AF2E #2EB8AF #AF2EB8

tetradic

#B8AF2E #2EB86A #2E37B8 #B82E7C

square

#B8AF2E #2EB86A #2E37B8 #B82E7C

split-complementary

#B8AF2E #2E7CB8 #6A2EB8

monochromatic

#565216 #878022 #B8AF2E #D3CB50 #DFD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8AF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B8AF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AF2E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AF2E	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)

#BFA912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8af2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c671',
    500: '#b8af2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8af2e;
$custom-light: #d1c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8af2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AF2E

secondary

#797FC8

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AF2E

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

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