#B8A038#B8A038

#B8A038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A038
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -2.82, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 55.13, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0128 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0534, 35.6192, 8.8748)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A038 #3850B8

analogous

#B86038 #B8A038 #90B838

triadic

#B8A038 #38B8A0 #A038B8

tetradic

#B8A038 #38B860 #3850B8 #B83890

square

#B8A038 #38B860 #3850B8 #B83890

split-complementary

#B8A038 #3890B8 #6038B8

monochromatic

#5A4E1B #89772A #B8A038 #CEB95F #DDCE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B8A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B8A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A038

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A038	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb75',
    500: '#b8a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a038;
$custom-light: #d1bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A038

secondary

#8591C7

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A038

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

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