#B8A035#B8A035

#B8A035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A035
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -2.98, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 56.34, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0136 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9822, 35.5907, 8.4999)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A035 #354DB8

analogous

#B85F35 #B8A035 #8FB835

triadic

#B8A035 #35B8A0 #A035B8

tetradic

#B8A035 #35B85F #354DB8 #B8358F

square

#B8A035 #35B85F #354DB8 #B8358F

split-complementary

#B8A035 #358FB8 #5F35B8

monochromatic

#594D1A #887727 #B8A035 #D0BA5B #DDCE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B8A035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B8A035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A035

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A035	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)

#B09D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb73',
    500: '#b8a035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a035;
$custom-light: #d1bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A035

secondary

#818EC7

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A035

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

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