#B8A437#B8A437

#B8A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A437
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -5.01, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 56.76, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0192 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7338, 37.0187, 8.9821)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A437 #374BB8

analogous

#B86437 #B8A437 #8CB837

triadic

#B8A437 #37B8A4 #A437B8

tetradic

#B8A437 #37B864 #374BB8 #B8378C

square

#B8A437 #37B864 #374BB8 #B8378C

split-complementary

#B8A437 #378CB8 #6437B8

monochromatic

#5A501B #897A29 #B8A437 #CFBD5D #DDD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B8A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A437

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A437	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be74',
    500: '#b8a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a437;
$custom-light: #d1be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A437

secondary

#848EC7

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A437

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

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