#B8A42B#B8A42B

#B8A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A42B
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -5.57, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 61.21, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.022 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4803, 36.9173, 7.6473)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A42B #2B3FB8

analogous

#B85D2B #B8A42B #86B82B

triadic

#B8A42B #2BB8A4 #A42BB8

tetradic

#B8A42B #2BB85D #2B3FB8 #B82B86

square

#B8A42B #2BB85D #2B3FB8 #B82B86

split-complementary

#B8A42B #2B86B8 #5D2BB8

monochromatic

#554C14 #86781F #B8A42B #D5C14B #E1D27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B8A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A42B

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A42B	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)

#B4A011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be6e',
    500: '#b8a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a42b;
$custom-light: #d1be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7155,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A42B

secondary

#7682C9

accent

#5AE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A42B

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

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