#B8A22C#B8A22C

#B8A22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.133 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A22C
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -4.46, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 60.28, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0188 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.133 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1438, 36.2146, 7.6267)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A22C #2C42B8

analogous

#B85C2C #B8A22C #88B82C

triadic

#B8A22C #2CB8A2 #A22CB8

tetradic

#B8A22C #2CB85C #2C42B8 #B82C88

square

#B8A22C #2CB85C #2C42B8 #B82C88

split-complementary

#B8A22C #2C88B8 #5C2CB8

monochromatic

#554B14 #877720 #B8A22C #D4BF4D #E0D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B8A22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B8A22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A22C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A22C	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.133 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd6e',
    500: '#b8a22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a22c;
$custom-light: #d1bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7113,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A22C

secondary

#7784C9

accent

#5DE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A22C

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

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