#B8A23A#B8A23A

#B8A23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A23A
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -3.78, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 54.92, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0153 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.124 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4528, 36.3382, 9.2541)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A23A #3A50B8

analogous

#B8633A #B8A23A #8FB83A

triadic

#B8A23A #3AB8A2 #A23AB8

tetradic

#B8A23A #3AB863 #3A50B8 #B83A8F

square

#B8A23A #3AB863 #3A50B8 #B83A8F

split-complementary

#B8A23A #3A8FB8 #633AB8

monochromatic

#5B501D #89792B #B8A23A #CDBB62 #DCCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B8A23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A23A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A23A	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd76',
    500: '#b8a23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a23a;
$custom-light: #d1bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71234,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A23A

secondary

#8792C7

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A23A

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

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