#B8A53A#B8A53A

#B8A53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A53A
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -5.37, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 55.87, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0199 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9876, 37.4077, 9.4323)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A53A #3A4DB8

analogous

#B8663A #B8A53A #8CB83A

triadic

#B8A53A #3AB8A5 #A53AB8

tetradic

#B8A53A #3AB866 #3A4DB8 #B83A8C

square

#B8A53A #3AB866 #3A4DB8 #B83A8C

split-complementary

#B8A53A #3A8CB8 #663AB8

monochromatic

#5B521D #897B2B #B8A53A #CDBD62 #DCD190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B8A53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A53A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A53A	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)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf76',
    500: '#b8a53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a53a;
$custom-light: #d1bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71872,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A53A

secondary

#8790C7

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A53A

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

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