#B8A431#B8A431

#B8A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A431
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -5.30, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 59.07, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0207 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.132 99)
XYZ	xyz(33.5986, 36.9647, 8.2703)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A431 #3145B8

analogous

#B86031 #B8A431 #88B831

triadic

#B8A431 #31B8A4 #A431B8

tetradic

#B8A431 #31B860 #3145B8 #B83188

square

#B8A431 #31B860 #3145B8 #B83188

split-complementary

#B8A431 #3188B8 #6031B8

monochromatic

#574E17 #887924 #B8A431 #D2BF55 #DED185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B8A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A431

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A431	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)

#B4A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be71',
    500: '#b8a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a431;
$custom-light: #d1be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71589,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.36963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A431

secondary

#7D88C8

accent

#5EE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A431

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

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