#B8A52C#B8A52C

#B8A52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A52C
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -6.05, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 61.17, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0233 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6786, 37.2841, 7.8050)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A52C #2C3FB8

analogous

#B85F2C #B8A52C #85B82C

triadic

#B8A52C #2CB8A5 #A52CB8

tetradic

#B8A52C #2CB85F #2C3FB8 #B82C85

square

#B8A52C #2CB85F #2C3FB8 #B82C85

split-complementary

#B8A52C #2C85B8 #5F2CB8

monochromatic

#554C14 #877920 #B8A52C #D4C24D #E0D37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B8A52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A52C

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A52C	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf6f',
    500: '#b8a52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a52c;
$custom-light: #d1bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A52C

secondary

#7782C9

accent

#59E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A52C

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

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