#B8A033#B8A033

#B8A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A033
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -3.08, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 57.12, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0141 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.127 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9372, 35.5727, 8.2627)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A033 #334BB8

analogous

#B85D33 #B8A033 #8DB833

triadic

#B8A033 #33B8A0 #A033B8

tetradic

#B8A033 #33B85D #334BB8 #B8338D

square

#B8A033 #33B85D #334BB8 #B8338D

split-complementary

#B8A033 #338DB8 #5D33B8

monochromatic

#584D18 #887626 #B8A033 #D1BB58 #DECE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B8A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B8A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A033

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A033	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb72',
    500: '#b8a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a033;
$custom-light: #d1bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A033

secondary

#7F8CC8

accent

#63E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A033

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

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