#B8A337#B8A337

#B8A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A337
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -4.47, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 56.45, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0177 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(33.5555, 36.6622, 8.9227)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A337 #374CB8

analogous

#B86337 #B8A337 #8CB837

triadic

#B8A337 #37B8A3 #A337B8

tetradic

#B8A337 #37B863 #374CB8 #B8378C

square

#B8A337 #37B863 #374CB8 #B8378C

split-complementary

#B8A337 #378CB8 #6337B8

monochromatic

#5A501B #897929 #B8A337 #CFBC5D #DDD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B8A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A337

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A337	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd74',
    500: '#b8a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a337;
$custom-light: #d1bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71422,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A337

secondary

#848FC7

accent

#62DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A337

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

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