#B8A338#B8A338

#B8A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A338
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -4.42, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 56.05, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0174 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5797, 36.6719, 9.0502)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A338 #384DB8

analogous

#B86338 #B8A338 #8DB838

triadic

#B8A338 #38B8A3 #A338B8

tetradic

#B8A338 #38B863 #384DB8 #B8388D

square

#B8A338 #38B863 #384DB8 #B8388D

split-complementary

#B8A338 #388DB8 #6338B8

monochromatic

#5A501B #89792A #B8A338 #CEBC5F #DDD08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B8A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A338

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A338	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd75',
    500: '#b8a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a338;
$custom-light: #d1bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A338

secondary

#8590C7

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A338

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

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