#B8A42D#B8A42D

#B8A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A42D
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -5.48, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 60.52, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0216 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5179, 36.9324, 7.8453)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A42D #2D41B8

analogous

#B85F2D #B8A42D #87B82D

triadic

#B8A42D #2DB8A4 #A42DB8

tetradic

#B8A42D #2DB85F #2D41B8 #B82D87

square

#B8A42D #2DB85F #2D41B8 #B82D87

split-complementary

#B8A42D #2D87B8 #5F2DB8

monochromatic

#564C15 #877821 #B8A42D #D4C14E #E0D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B8A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A42D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A42D	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be6f',
    500: '#b8a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a42d;
$custom-light: #d1be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A42D

secondary

#7884C9

accent

#5BE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A42D

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

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