#B8A039#B8A039

#B8A039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A039
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -2.76, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 54.72, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0126 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0781, 35.6291, 9.0049)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A039 #3951B8

analogous

#B86039 #B8A039 #91B839

triadic

#B8A039 #39B8A0 #A039B8

tetradic

#B8A039 #39B860 #3951B8 #B83991

square

#B8A039 #39B860 #3951B8 #B83991

split-complementary

#B8A039 #3991B8 #6039B8

monochromatic

#5B4F1C #89772B #B8A039 #CEB960 #DCCE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B8A039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B8A039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A039

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A039	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb75',
    500: '#b8a039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a039;
$custom-light: #d1bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A039

secondary

#8692C7

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A039

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

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