#B8A340#B8A340

#B8A340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A340
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -3.96, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 52.69, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0151 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7913, 36.7565, 10.1643)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A340 #4055B8

analogous

#B86740 #B8A340 #91B840

triadic

#B8A340 #40B8A3 #A340B8

tetradic

#B8A340 #40B867 #4055B8 #B84091

square

#B8A340 #40B867 #4055B8 #B84091

split-complementary

#B8A340 #4091B8 #6740B8

monochromatic

#5D5320 #8B7B30 #B8A340 #CBBA6A #DBCF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B8A340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A340

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A340	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd79',
    500: '#b8a340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a340;
$custom-light: #d0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A340

secondary

#8D97C7

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A340

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

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