#B8A23B#B8A23B

#B8A23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A23B
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -3.72, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 54.50, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0151 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.123 97)
XYZ	xyz(33.4785, 36.3484, 9.3894)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A23B #3B51B8

analogous

#B8643B #B8A23B #8FB83B

triadic

#B8A23B #3BB8A2 #A23BB8

tetradic

#B8A23B #3BB864 #3B51B8 #B83B8F

square

#B8A23B #3BB864 #3B51B8 #B83B8F

split-complementary

#B8A23B #3B8FB8 #643BB8

monochromatic

#5B501D #8A792C #B8A23B #CDBA63 #DCCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B8A23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A23B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A23B	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)

#B29E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd76',
    500: '#b8a23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a23b;
$custom-light: #d1bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71243,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.36347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A23B

secondary

#8893C7

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A23B

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

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