#B8A22F#B8A22F

#B8A22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A22F
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -4.33, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 59.21, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0181 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2022, 36.2379, 7.9345)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A22F #2F45B8

analogous

#B85D2F #B8A22F #89B82F

triadic

#B8A22F #2FB8A2 #A22FB8

tetradic

#B8A22F #2FB85D #2F45B8 #B82F89

square

#B8A22F #2FB85D #2F45B8 #B82F89

split-complementary

#B8A22F #2F89B8 #5D2FB8

monochromatic

#574C16 #877723 #B8A22F #D3BE52 #DFD082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B8A22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B8A22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A22F

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A22F	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)

#B29E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd70',
    500: '#b8a22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a22f;
$custom-light: #d1bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A22F

secondary

#7B87C8

accent

#5FE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A22F

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

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