#B8A438#B8A438

#B8A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A438
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -4.95, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 56.36, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0189 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7580, 37.0284, 9.1097)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A438 #384CB8

analogous

#B86438 #B8A438 #8CB838

triadic

#B8A438 #38B8A4 #A438B8

tetradic

#B8A438 #38B864 #384CB8 #B8388C

square

#B8A438 #38B864 #384CB8 #B8388C

split-complementary

#B8A438 #388CB8 #6438B8

monochromatic

#5A501B #897A2A #B8A438 #CEBD5F #DDD08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A438

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A438	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be75',
    500: '#b8a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a438;
$custom-light: #d1be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71642,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A438

secondary

#858FC7

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A438

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

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