#B8A535#B8A535

#B8A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A535
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -5.64, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 57.87, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0212 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8665, 37.3593, 8.7947)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A535 #3548B8

analogous

#B86435 #B8A535 #8AB835

triadic

#B8A535 #35B8A5 #A535B8

tetradic

#B8A535 #35B864 #3548B8 #B8358A

square

#B8A535 #35B864 #3548B8 #B8358A

split-complementary

#B8A535 #358AB8 #6435B8

monochromatic

#59501A #887A27 #B8A535 #D0BF5B #DDD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B8A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A535

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A535	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)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf73',
    500: '#b8a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a535;
$custom-light: #d1bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71832,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A535

secondary

#818CC7

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A535

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

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