#B8A42C#B8A42C

#B8A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.135 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A42C
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -5.53, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 60.87, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0218 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.135 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4989, 36.9248, 7.7451)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A42C #2C40B8

analogous

#B85E2C #B8A42C #86B82C

triadic

#B8A42C #2CB8A4 #A42CB8

tetradic

#B8A42C #2CB85E #2C40B8 #B82C86

square

#B8A42C #2CB85E #2C40B8 #B82C86

split-complementary

#B8A42C #2C86B8 #5E2CB8

monochromatic

#554C14 #877820 #B8A42C #D4C14D #E0D27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B8A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A42C

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A42C	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#B4A014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.135 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be6f',
    500: '#b8a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a42c;
$custom-light: #d1be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71556,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A42C

secondary

#7783C9

accent

#5AE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A42C

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

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