#B8A034#B8A034

#B8A034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A034
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -3.03, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 56.73, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0139 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.127 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9595, 35.5816, 8.3800)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A034 #344CB8

analogous

#B85E34 #B8A034 #8EB834

triadic

#B8A034 #34B8A0 #A034B8

tetradic

#B8A034 #34B85E #344CB8 #B8348E

square

#B8A034 #34B85E #344CB8 #B8348E

split-complementary

#B8A034 #348EB8 #5E34B8

monochromatic

#594D19 #887727 #B8A034 #D0BA59 #DECE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B8A034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B8A034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A034

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A034	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb72',
    500: '#b8a034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a034;
$custom-light: #d1bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70762,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A034

secondary

#808DC8

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A034

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

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