#B8A342#B8A342

#B8A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A342
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -3.83, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 51.81, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0145 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(33.8492, 36.7797, 10.4694)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A342 #4257B8

analogous

#B86842 #B8A342 #92B842

triadic

#B8A342 #42B8A3 #A342B8

tetradic

#B8A342 #42B868 #4257B8 #B84292

square

#B8A342 #42B868 #4257B8 #B84292

split-complementary

#B8A342 #4292B8 #6842B8

monochromatic

#5E5322 #8B7B32 #B8A342 #CBBA6D #DBCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B8A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A342

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A342	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7b',
    500: '#b8a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a342;
$custom-light: #d0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.36778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A342

secondary

#8F99C7

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A342

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

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