#B8AF4E#B8AF4E

#B8AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AF4E
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -9.31, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 50.75, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0288 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.119 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.4735, 41.4016, 13.2763)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AF4E #4E57B8

analogous

#B87A4E #B8AF4E #8CB84E

triadic

#B8AF4E #4EB8AF #AF4EB8

tetradic

#B8AF4E #4EB87A #4E57B8 #B84E8C

square

#B8AF4E #4EB87A #4E57B8 #B84E8C

split-complementary

#B8AF4E #4E8CB8 #7A4EB8

monochromatic

#645F28 #8F8839 #B8AF4E #CAC37A #DBD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B8AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AF4E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AF4E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c683',
    500: '#b8af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8af4e;
$custom-light: #d0c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AF4E

secondary

#9A9EC8

accent

#60D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AF4E

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

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