#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
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -2.93, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 55.94, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0134 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0055, 35.6000, 8.6223)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##B8A036	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)

#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

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

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