#B8A036#B8A036

#B8A036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B8A036
RGBrgb(184, 160, 54)
HSLhsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(49, 71%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.21, -2.93, 55.86)
CIE-LCHlch(66.21, 55.94, 93.00°)
OKLaboklab(70.78% -0.0134 0.1246)
OKLCHoklch(70.78% 0.125 96.1)
XYZxyz(33.0055, 35.6000, 8.6223)
Luminance0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B8A036 #364EB8
analogous
#B85F36 #B8A036 #8FB836
triadic
#B8A036 #36B8A0 #A036B8
tetradic
#B8A036 #36B85F #364EB8 #B8368F
square
#B8A036 #36B85F #364EB8 #B8368F
split-complementary
#B8A036 #368FB8 #5F36B8
monochromatic
#594E1A #897728 #B8A036 #CFBA5C #DDCE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#B8A036 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12
#B8A036 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A036
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B8A036#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B8A0361.002.598.128.12
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1221.001.001.00
##0000008.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09D27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A43C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C7948B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b8a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 96.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb73',
    500: '#b8a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b8a036;
$custom-light: #d1bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b8a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70778,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B8A036
secondary
#828FC7
accent
#65DE4A
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A036

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#B8A036 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva