#B8A23E#B8A23E

#B8A23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A23E
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -3.54, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 53.23, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0142 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.121 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5585, 36.3805, 9.8110)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A23E #3E54B8

analogous

#B8653E #B8A23E #91B83E

triadic

#B8A23E #3EB8A2 #A23EB8

tetradic

#B8A23E #3EB865 #3E54B8 #B83E91

square

#B8A23E #3EB865 #3E54B8 #B83E91

split-complementary

#B8A23E #3E91B8 #653EB8

monochromatic

#5C511F #8A7A2F #B8A23E #CCBA67 #DBCF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B8A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A23E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A23E	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd78',
    500: '#b8a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a23e;
$custom-light: #d1bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A23E

secondary

#8B96C7

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A23E

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

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