#B8A331#B8A331

#B8A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A331
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -4.77, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 58.77, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0192 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4204, 36.6082, 8.2109)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A331 #3146B8

analogous

#B86031 #B8A331 #89B831

triadic

#B8A331 #31B8A3 #A331B8

tetradic

#B8A331 #31B860 #3146B8 #B83189

square

#B8A331 #31B860 #3146B8 #B83189

split-complementary

#B8A331 #3189B8 #6031B8

monochromatic

#574D17 #887824 #B8A331 #D2BE55 #DED185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B8A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A331

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A331	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd71',
    500: '#b8a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a331;
$custom-light: #d1bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A331

secondary

#7D89C8

accent

#5FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A331

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

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