#B8AF45#B8AF45

#B8AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AF45
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -9.95, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 54.77, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0317 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1726, 41.2813, 11.6917)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AF45 #454EB8

analogous

#B87545 #B8AF45 #88B845

triadic

#B8AF45 #45B8AF #AF45B8

tetradic

#B8AF45 #45B875 #454EB8 #B84588

square

#B8AF45 #45B875 #454EB8 #B84588

split-complementary

#B8AF45 #4588B8 #7545B8

monochromatic

#5F5A24 #8B8534 #B8AF45 #CAC371 #DAD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B8AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B8AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AF45

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AF45	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c67d',
    500: '#b8af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8af45;
$custom-light: #d0c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AF45

secondary

#9296C7

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AF45

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

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