#B8A23D#B8A23D

#B8A23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A23D
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -3.60, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 53.66, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0145 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.122 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5313, 36.3696, 9.6678)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A23D #3D53B8

analogous

#B8643D #B8A23D #90B83D

triadic

#B8A23D #3DB8A2 #A23DB8

tetradic

#B8A23D #3DB864 #3D53B8 #B83D90

square

#B8A23D #3DB864 #3D53B8 #B83D90

split-complementary

#B8A23D #3D90B8 #643DB8

monochromatic

#5C511F #8A7A2E #B8A23D #CCBA66 #DBCF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B8A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A23D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A23D	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)

#B29E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd78',
    500: '#b8a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a23d;
$custom-light: #d1bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71261,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A23D

secondary

#8A95C7

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A23D

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

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