#B8A238#B8A238

#B8A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A238
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -3.89, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 55.74, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0159 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4029, 36.3182, 8.9913)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A238 #384EB8

analogous

#B86238 #B8A238 #8EB838

triadic

#B8A238 #38B8A2 #A238B8

tetradic

#B8A238 #38B862 #384EB8 #B8388E

square

#B8A238 #38B862 #384EB8 #B8388E

split-complementary

#B8A238 #388EB8 #6238B8

monochromatic

#5A4F1B #89792A #B8A238 #CEBB5F #DDCF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B8A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A238

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A238	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd75',
    500: '#b8a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a238;
$custom-light: #d1bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71218,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A238

secondary

#8590C7

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A238

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

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