#B8A22E#B8A22E

#B8A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A22E
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -4.38, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 59.57, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0184 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(33.1823, 36.2300, 7.8295)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A22E #2E44B8

analogous

#B85D2E #B8A22E #89B82E

triadic

#B8A22E #2EB8A2 #A22EB8

tetradic

#B8A22E #2EB85D #2E44B8 #B82E89

square

#B8A22E #2EB85D #2E44B8 #B82E89

split-complementary

#B8A22E #2E89B8 #5D2EB8

monochromatic

#564C16 #877722 #B8A22E #D3BE50 #DFD081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B8A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B8A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A22E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A22E	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd6f',
    500: '#b8a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a22e;
$custom-light: #d1bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71143,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.36228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A22E

secondary

#7986C8

accent

#5EE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A22E

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

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