#B8A231#B8A231

#B8A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A231
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -4.24, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 58.47, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0177 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2435, 36.2544, 8.1519)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A231 #3147B8

analogous

#B85E31 #B8A231 #8AB831

triadic

#B8A231 #31B8A2 #A231B8

tetradic

#B8A231 #31B85E #3147B8 #B8318A

square

#B8A231 #31B85E #3147B8 #B8318A

split-complementary

#B8A231 #318AB8 #5E31B8

monochromatic

#574D17 #887724 #B8A231 #D2BD55 #DED085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B8A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B8A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A231

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A231	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)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd71',
    500: '#b8a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a231;
$custom-light: #d1bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71164,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A231

secondary

#7D89C8

accent

#60E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A231

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

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