#B8A534#B8A534

#B8A534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A534
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -5.69, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 58.25, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0215 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8437, 37.3502, 8.6748)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A534 #3447B8

analogous

#B86334 #B8A534 #89B834

triadic

#B8A534 #34B8A5 #A534B8

tetradic

#B8A534 #34B863 #3447B8 #B83489

square

#B8A534 #34B863 #3447B8 #B83489

split-complementary

#B8A534 #3489B8 #6334B8

monochromatic

#594F19 #887A27 #B8A534 #D0BF59 #DED189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B8A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A534

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A534	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf73',
    500: '#b8a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a534;
$custom-light: #d1bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71824,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A534

secondary

#808BC8

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A534

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

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