#B8A43E#B8A43E

#B8A43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A43E
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -4.61, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 53.87, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0173 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9136, 37.0907, 9.9294)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A43E #3E52B8

analogous

#B8673E #B8A43E #8FB83E

triadic

#B8A43E #3EB8A4 #A43EB8

tetradic

#B8A43E #3EB867 #3E52B8 #B83E8F

square

#B8A43E #3EB867 #3E52B8 #B83E8F

split-complementary

#B8A43E #3E8FB8 #673EB8

monochromatic

#5C521F #8A7B2F #B8A43E #CCBB67 #DBD095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B8A43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A43E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A43E	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B4A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be78',
    500: '#b8a43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a43e;
$custom-light: #d1be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A43E

secondary

#8B95C7

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A43E

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

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