#B8AF38#B8AF38

#B8AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AF38
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -10.73, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 60.10, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0353 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.8124, 41.1372, 9.7945)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AF38 #3841B8

analogous

#B86F38 #B8AF38 #81B838

triadic

#B8AF38 #38B8AF #AF38B8

tetradic

#B8AF38 #38B86F #3841B8 #B83881

square

#B8AF38 #38B86F #3841B8 #B83881

split-complementary

#B8AF38 #3881B8 #6F38B8

monochromatic

#5A561B #89822A #B8AF38 #CEC65F #DDD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B8AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AF38

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AF38	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c676',
    500: '#b8af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8af38;
$custom-light: #d1c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74004,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AF38

secondary

#8589C7

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AF38

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

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