#B8A439#B8A439

#B8A439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A439
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -4.90, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 55.96, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0186 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7827, 37.0383, 9.2398)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A439 #394DB8

analogous

#B86439 #B8A439 #8DB839

triadic

#B8A439 #39B8A4 #A439B8

tetradic

#B8A439 #39B864 #394DB8 #B8398D

square

#B8A439 #39B864 #394DB8 #B8398D

split-complementary

#B8A439 #398DB8 #6439B8

monochromatic

#5B511C #897A2B #B8A439 #CEBD60 #DCD08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A439

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A439	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be75',
    500: '#b8a439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a439;
$custom-light: #d1be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71651,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A439

secondary

#8690C7

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A439

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

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