#B8A52A#B8A52A

#B8A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A52A
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -6.14, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 61.84, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0237 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(33.6419, 37.2694, 7.6117)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A52A #2A3DB8

analogous

#B85E2A #B8A52A #84B82A

triadic

#B8A52A #2AB8A5 #A52AB8

tetradic

#B8A52A #2AB85E #2A3DB8 #B82A84

square

#B8A52A #2AB85E #2A3DB8 #B82A84

split-complementary

#B8A52A #2A84B8 #5E2AB8

monochromatic

#544C13 #86781F #B8A52A #D6C34A #E1D37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B8A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A52A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A52A	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)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf6e',
    500: '#b8a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a52a;
$custom-light: #d1bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.37268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A52A

secondary

#7580C9

accent

#58E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A52A

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

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