#B8A42F#B8A42F

#B8A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A42F
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -5.40, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 59.81, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0211 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5574, 36.9482, 8.0529)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A42F #2F43B8

analogous

#B8602F #B8A42F #87B82F

triadic

#B8A42F #2FB8A4 #A42FB8

tetradic

#B8A42F #2FB860 #2F43B8 #B82F87

square

#B8A42F #2FB860 #2F43B8 #B82F87

split-complementary

#B8A42F #2F87B8 #602FB8

monochromatic

#574D16 #877923 #B8A42F #D3C052 #DFD282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B8A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A42F

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A42F	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)

#B4A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be70',
    500: '#b8a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a42f;
$custom-light: #d1be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A42F

secondary

#7B86C8

accent

#5CE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A42F

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

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