#B8A43D#B8A43D

#B8A43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A43D
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -4.67, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 54.30, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0175 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8865, 37.0798, 9.7862)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A43D #3D51B8

analogous

#B8663D #B8A43D #8EB83D

triadic

#B8A43D #3DB8A4 #A43DB8

tetradic

#B8A43D #3DB866 #3D51B8 #B83D8E

square

#B8A43D #3DB866 #3D51B8 #B83D8E

split-complementary

#B8A43D #3D8EB8 #663DB8

monochromatic

#5C521F #8A7B2E #B8A43D #CCBC66 #DBD094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B8A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A43D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A43D	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be78',
    500: '#b8a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a43d;
$custom-light: #d1be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71685,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A43D

secondary

#8A94C7

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A43D

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

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