#B8A435#B8A435

#B8A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A435
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -5.11, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 57.55, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0197 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6868, 36.9999, 8.7348)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A435 #3549B8

analogous

#B86335 #B8A435 #8BB835

triadic

#B8A435 #35B8A4 #A435B8

tetradic

#B8A435 #35B863 #3549B8 #B8358B

square

#B8A435 #35B863 #3549B8 #B8358B

split-complementary

#B8A435 #358BB8 #6335B8

monochromatic

#594F1A #887A27 #B8A435 #D0BE5B #DDD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B8A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A435

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A435	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be73',
    500: '#b8a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a435;
$custom-light: #d1be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A435

secondary

#818CC7

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A435

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

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