#B8A529#B8A529

#B8A529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A529
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -6.18, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 62.17, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0239 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6242, 37.2623, 7.5186)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A529 #293CB8

analogous

#B85E29 #B8A529 #84B829

triadic

#B8A529 #29B8A5 #A529B8

tetradic

#B8A529 #29B85E #293CB8 #B82984

square

#B8A529 #29B85E #293CB8 #B82984

split-complementary

#B8A529 #2984B8 #5E29B8

monochromatic

#544B13 #86781E #B8A529 #D6C348 #E1D47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B8A529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A529

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A529	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf6d',
    500: '#b8a529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a529;
$custom-light: #d1bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A529

secondary

#737FC9

accent

#57E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A529

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

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