#B8A235#B8A235

#B8A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A235
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -4.05, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 56.93, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0167 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3317, 36.2897, 8.6164)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A235 #354BB8

analogous

#B86135 #B8A235 #8DB835

triadic

#B8A235 #35B8A2 #A235B8

tetradic

#B8A235 #35B861 #354BB8 #B8358D

square

#B8A235 #35B861 #354BB8 #B8358D

split-complementary

#B8A235 #358DB8 #6135B8

monochromatic

#594E1A #887827 #B8A235 #D0BC5B #DDCF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B8A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A235

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A235	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd73',
    500: '#b8a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a235;
$custom-light: #d1bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A235

secondary

#818DC7

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A235

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

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