#B8A436#B8A436

#B8A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A436
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -5.06, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 57.16, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0194 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7101, 37.0092, 8.8572)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A436 #364AB8

analogous

#B86336 #B8A436 #8BB836

triadic

#B8A436 #36B8A4 #A436B8

tetradic

#B8A436 #36B863 #364AB8 #B8368B

square

#B8A436 #36B863 #364AB8 #B8368B

split-complementary

#B8A436 #368BB8 #6336B8

monochromatic

#59501A #897A28 #B8A436 #CFBD5C #DDD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B8A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A436

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A436	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)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be74',
    500: '#b8a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a436;
$custom-light: #d1be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71626,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A436

secondary

#828DC7

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A436

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

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