#B8A539#B8A539

#B8A539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A539
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -5.43, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 56.28, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0202 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9624, 37.3976, 9.2996)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A539 #394CB8

analogous

#B86639 #B8A539 #8BB839

triadic

#B8A539 #39B8A5 #A539B8

tetradic

#B8A539 #39B866 #394CB8 #B8398B

square

#B8A539 #39B866 #394CB8 #B8398B

split-complementary

#B8A539 #398BB8 #6639B8

monochromatic

#5B511C #897B2B #B8A539 #CEBD60 #DCD18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B8A539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A539

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A539	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf76',
    500: '#b8a539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a539;
$custom-light: #d1bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71863,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A539

secondary

#868FC7

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A539

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

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