#B8A03B#B8A03B

#B8A03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A03B
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -2.65, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 53.88, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.012 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1290, 35.6494, 9.2729)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A03B #3B53B8

analogous

#B8623B #B8A03B #91B83B

triadic

#B8A03B #3BB8A0 #A03BB8

tetradic

#B8A03B #3BB862 #3B53B8 #B83B91

square

#B8A03B #3BB862 #3B53B8 #B83B91

split-complementary

#B8A03B #3B91B8 #623BB8

monochromatic

#5B4F1D #8A782C #B8A03B #CDB963 #DCCE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B8A03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B8A03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A03B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A03B	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)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb76',
    500: '#b8a03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a03b;
$custom-light: #d1bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A03B

secondary

#8894C7

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A03B

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

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