#B8A23F#B8A23F

#B8A23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.120 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A23F
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -3.48, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 52.80, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0139 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.12 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5862, 36.3915, 9.9568)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A23F #3F55B8

analogous

#B8653F #B8A23F #91B83F

triadic

#B8A23F #3FB8A2 #A23FB8

tetradic

#B8A23F #3FB865 #3F55B8 #B83F91

square

#B8A23F #3FB865 #3F55B8 #B83F91

split-complementary

#B8A23F #3F91B8 #653FB8

monochromatic

#5D5220 #8A7A2F #B8A23F #CCBA69 #DBCF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B8A23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A23F

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A23F	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)

#B29E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.120 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd79',
    500: '#b8a23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a23f;
$custom-light: #d0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 48.988,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A23F

secondary

#8C97C7

accent

#68D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A23F

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

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