#B8A52D#B8A52D

#B8A52D 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	#B8A52D
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -6.01, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 60.82, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0231 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6976, 37.2917, 7.9052)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A52D #2D40B8

analogous

#B8602D #B8A52D #85B82D

triadic

#B8A52D #2DB8A5 #A52DB8

tetradic

#B8A52D #2DB860 #2D40B8 #B82D85

square

#B8A52D #2DB860 #2D40B8 #B82D85

split-complementary

#B8A52D #2D85B8 #602DB8

monochromatic

#564D15 #877921 #B8A52D #D4C24E #E0D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B8A52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A52D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A52D	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf6f',
    500: '#b8a52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a52d;
$custom-light: #d1bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71776,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A52D

secondary

#7883C9

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A52D

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

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