#B8A43B#B8A43B

#B8A43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A43B
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -4.79, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 55.14, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0181 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8336, 37.0586, 9.5077)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A43B #3B4FB8

analogous

#B8663B #B8A43B #8DB83B

triadic

#B8A43B #3BB8A4 #A43BB8

tetradic

#B8A43B #3BB866 #3B4FB8 #B83B8D

square

#B8A43B #3BB866 #3B4FB8 #B83B8D

split-complementary

#B8A43B #3B8DB8 #663BB8

monochromatic

#5B511D #8A7B2C #B8A43B #CDBC63 #DCD092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A43B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A43B	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)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be77',
    500: '#b8a43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a43b;
$custom-light: #d1be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A43B

secondary

#8892C7

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A43B

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

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