#B8A137#B8A137

#B8A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A137
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -3.41, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 55.84, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0146 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2032, 35.9576, 8.8053)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A137 #374EB8

analogous

#B86037 #B8A137 #8FB837

triadic

#B8A137 #37B8A1 #A137B8

tetradic

#B8A137 #37B860 #374EB8 #B8378F

square

#B8A137 #37B860 #374EB8 #B8378F

split-complementary

#B8A137 #378FB8 #6037B8

monochromatic

#5A4F1B #897829 #B8A137 #CFBB5D #DDCF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B8A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A137

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A137	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc74',
    500: '#b8a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a137;
$custom-light: #d1bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A137

secondary

#8490C7

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A137

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

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