#B8A43A#B8A43A

#B8A43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A43A
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -4.84, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 55.55, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0184 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8079, 37.0484, 9.3724)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A43A #3A4EB8

analogous

#B8653A #B8A43A #8DB83A

triadic

#B8A43A #3AB8A4 #A43AB8

tetradic

#B8A43A #3AB865 #3A4EB8 #B83A8D

square

#B8A43A #3AB865 #3A4EB8 #B83A8D

split-complementary

#B8A43A #3A8DB8 #653AB8

monochromatic

#5B511D #897B2B #B8A43A #CDBC62 #DCD090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A43A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A43A	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)

#B4A02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be76',
    500: '#b8a43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a43a;
$custom-light: #d1be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A43A

secondary

#8791C7

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A43A

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

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