#B8A138#B8A138

#B8A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A138
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -3.35, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 55.43, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0144 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2274, 35.9673, 8.9328)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A138 #384FB8

analogous

#B86138 #B8A138 #8FB838

triadic

#B8A138 #38B8A1 #A138B8

tetradic

#B8A138 #38B861 #384FB8 #B8388F

square

#B8A138 #38B861 #384FB8 #B8388F

split-complementary

#B8A138 #388FB8 #6138B8

monochromatic

#5A4F1B #89782A #B8A138 #CEBA5F #DDCE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B8A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A138

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A138	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bc75',
    500: '#b8a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a138;
$custom-light: #d1bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71006,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A138

secondary

#8591C7

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A138

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

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