#B8A236#B8A236

#B8A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A236
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -3.99, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 56.54, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0164 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3550, 36.2990, 8.7388)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A236 #364CB8

analogous

#B86136 #B8A236 #8DB836

triadic

#B8A236 #36B8A2 #A236B8

tetradic

#B8A236 #36B861 #364CB8 #B8368D

square

#B8A236 #36B861 #364CB8 #B8368D

split-complementary

#B8A236 #368DB8 #6136B8

monochromatic

#594F1A #897828 #B8A236 #CFBC5C #DDCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B8A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A236

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A236	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd74',
    500: '#b8a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a236;
$custom-light: #d1bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A236

secondary

#828EC7

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A236

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

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