#B8A031#B8A031

#B8A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A031
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -3.17, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 57.88, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0146 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.129 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8940, 35.5554, 8.0354)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A031 #3149B8

analogous

#B85C31 #B8A031 #8CB831

triadic

#B8A031 #31B8A0 #A031B8

tetradic

#B8A031 #31B85C #3149B8 #B8318C

square

#B8A031 #31B85C #3149B8 #B8318C

split-complementary

#B8A031 #318CB8 #5C31B8

monochromatic

#574C17 #887624 #B8A031 #D2BB55 #DECF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B8A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B8A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A031

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A031	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb71',
    500: '#b8a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a031;
$custom-light: #d1bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A031

secondary

#7D8AC8

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A031

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

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