#B8A037#B8A037

#B8A037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A037
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -2.87, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 55.54, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0131 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(33.0292, 35.6095, 8.7473)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A037 #374FB8

analogous

#B86037 #B8A037 #90B837

triadic

#B8A037 #37B8A0 #A037B8

tetradic

#B8A037 #37B860 #374FB8 #B83790

square

#B8A037 #37B860 #374FB8 #B83790

split-complementary

#B8A037 #3790B8 #6037B8

monochromatic

#5A4E1B #897729 #B8A037 #CFBA5D #DDCE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B8A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B8A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A037

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A037	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)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb74',
    500: '#b8a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a037;
$custom-light: #d1bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70786,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.35608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A037

secondary

#8490C7

accent

#66DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A037

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

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