#B8A23C#B8A23C

#B8A23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.123 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A23C
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -3.66, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 54.08, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0148 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.123 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5047, 36.3589, 9.5273)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A23C #3C52B8

analogous

#B8643C #B8A23C #90B83C

triadic

#B8A23C #3CB8A2 #A23CB8

tetradic

#B8A23C #3CB864 #3C52B8 #B83C90

square

#B8A23C #3CB864 #3C52B8 #B83C90

split-complementary

#B8A23C #3C90B8 #643CB8

monochromatic

#5C511E #8A792D #B8A23C #CDBA65 #DCCF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B8A23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A23C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A23C	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)

#B29E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.123 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd77',
    500: '#b8a23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a23c;
$custom-light: #d1bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71252,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A23C

secondary

#8994C7

accent

#66DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A23C

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

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