#B8A531#B8A531

#B8A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A531
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -5.83, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 59.38, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0222 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7783, 37.3240, 8.3302)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A531 #3144B8

analogous

#B86231 #B8A531 #87B831

triadic

#B8A531 #31B8A5 #A531B8

tetradic

#B8A531 #31B862 #3144B8 #B83187

square

#B8A531 #31B862 #3144B8 #B83187

split-complementary

#B8A531 #3187B8 #6231B8

monochromatic

#574E17 #887A24 #B8A531 #D2C055 #DED285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B8A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A531

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A531	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)

#B5A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf71',
    500: '#b8a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a531;
$custom-light: #d1bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71802,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A531

secondary

#7D87C8

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A531

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

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