#B8AF40#B8AF40

#B8AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AF40
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -10.27, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 56.89, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0331 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.131 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0239, 41.2218, 10.9085)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AF40 #4049B8

analogous

#B87340 #B8AF40 #85B840

triadic

#B8AF40 #40B8AF #AF40B8

tetradic

#B8AF40 #40B873 #4049B8 #B84085

square

#B8AF40 #40B873 #4049B8 #B84085

split-complementary

#B8AF40 #4085B8 #7340B8

monochromatic

#5D5920 #8B8430 #B8AF40 #CBC46A #DBD697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B8AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B8AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AF40

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AF40	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c67a',
    500: '#b8af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8af40;
$custom-light: #d0c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7407,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AF40

secondary

#8D91C7

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AF40

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

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