#B8A434#B8A434

#B8A434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.130 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A434
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -5.16, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 57.94, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0199 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.13 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6641, 36.9908, 8.6149)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A434 #3448B8

analogous

#B86234 #B8A434 #8AB834

triadic

#B8A434 #34B8A4 #A434B8

tetradic

#B8A434 #34B862 #3448B8 #B8348A

square

#B8A434 #34B862 #3448B8 #B8348A

split-complementary

#B8A434 #348AB8 #6234B8

monochromatic

#594F19 #887927 #B8A434 #D0BE59 #DED189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B8A434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A434

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A434	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.130 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be73',
    500: '#b8a434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a434;
$custom-light: #d1be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71611,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A434

secondary

#808BC8

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A434

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

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