#B8A135#B8A135

#B8A135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A135
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -3.51, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 56.63, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0151 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1563, 35.9388, 8.5579)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A135 #354CB8

analogous

#B86035 #B8A135 #8EB835

triadic

#B8A135 #35B8A1 #A135B8

tetradic

#B8A135 #35B860 #354CB8 #B8358E

square

#B8A135 #35B860 #354CB8 #B8358E

split-complementary

#B8A135 #358EB8 #6035B8

monochromatic

#594E1A #887727 #B8A135 #D0BB5B #DDCF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B8A135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A135

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A135	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc73',
    500: '#b8a135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a135;
$custom-light: #d1bc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A135

secondary

#818EC7

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A135

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

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