#B8AF36#B8AF36

#B8AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.138 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AF36
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -10.83, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 60.86, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0358 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.138 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.7644, 41.1180, 9.5420)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AF36 #363FB8

analogous

#B86E36 #B8AF36 #80B836

triadic

#B8AF36 #36B8AF #AF36B8

tetradic

#B8AF36 #36B86E #363FB8 #B83680

square

#B8AF36 #36B86E #363FB8 #B83680

split-complementary

#B8AF36 #3680B8 #6E36B8

monochromatic

#59551A #898228 #B8AF36 #CFC75C #DDD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B8AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AF36

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AF36	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)

#BEA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.138 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c675',
    500: '#b8af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8af36;
$custom-light: #d1c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73989,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.41117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AF36

secondary

#8287C7

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AF36

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

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