#B8A537#B8A537

#B8A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A537
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -5.54, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 57.08, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0207 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9135, 37.3780, 9.0420)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A537 #374AB8

analogous

#B86537 #B8A537 #8BB837

triadic

#B8A537 #37B8A5 #A537B8

tetradic

#B8A537 #37B865 #374AB8 #B8378B

square

#B8A537 #37B865 #374AB8 #B8378B

split-complementary

#B8A537 #378BB8 #6537B8

monochromatic

#5A501B #897B29 #B8A537 #CFBE5D #DDD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B8A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A537

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A537	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf74',
    500: '#b8a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a537;
$custom-light: #d1bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A537

secondary

#848EC7

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A537

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

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