#B8A440#B8A440

#B8A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A440
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -4.49, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 53.01, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0167 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9695, 37.1130, 10.2237)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A440 #4054B8

analogous

#B86840 #B8A440 #90B840

triadic

#B8A440 #40B8A4 #A440B8

tetradic

#B8A440 #40B868 #4054B8 #B84090

square

#B8A440 #40B868 #4054B8 #B84090

split-complementary

#B8A440 #4090B8 #6840B8

monochromatic

#5D5320 #8B7C30 #B8A440 #CBBB6A #DBD097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B8A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A440

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A440	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)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7a',
    500: '#b8a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a440;
$custom-light: #d0be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71713,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A440

secondary

#8D97C7

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A440

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

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