#B8A538#B8A538

#B8A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A538
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -5.48, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 56.68, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0204 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9377, 37.3877, 9.1696)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A538 #384BB8

analogous

#B86538 #B8A538 #8BB838

triadic

#B8A538 #38B8A5 #A538B8

tetradic

#B8A538 #38B865 #384BB8 #B8388B

square

#B8A538 #38B865 #384BB8 #B8388B

split-complementary

#B8A538 #388BB8 #6538B8

monochromatic

#5A511B #897B2A #B8A538 #CEBE5F #DDD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B8A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A538

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A538	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf75',
    500: '#b8a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a538;
$custom-light: #d1bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71855,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A538

secondary

#858FC7

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A538

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

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