#B8A429#B8A429

#B8A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A429
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -5.65, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 61.88, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0224 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4445, 36.9030, 7.4588)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A429 #293DB8

analogous

#B85C29 #B8A429 #85B829

triadic

#B8A429 #29B8A4 #A429B8

tetradic

#B8A429 #29B85C #293DB8 #B82985

square

#B8A429 #29B85C #293DB8 #B82985

split-complementary

#B8A429 #2985B8 #5C29B8

monochromatic

#544B13 #86771E #B8A429 #D6C248 #E1D37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B8A429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A429

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A429	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be6d',
    500: '#b8a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a429;
$custom-light: #d1be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A429

secondary

#737FC9

accent

#58E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A429

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

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