#B8A53D#B8A53D

#B8A53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A53D
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -5.20, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 54.63, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.019 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0661, 37.4391, 9.8461)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A53D #3D50B8

analogous

#B8683D #B8A53D #8DB83D

triadic

#B8A53D #3DB8A5 #A53DB8

tetradic

#B8A53D #3DB868 #3D50B8 #B83D8D

square

#B8A53D #3DB868 #3D50B8 #B83D8D

split-complementary

#B8A53D #3D8DB8 #683DB8

monochromatic

#5C531F #8A7C2E #B8A53D #CCBC66 #DBD094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B8A53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A53D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A53D	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf78',
    500: '#b8a53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a53d;
$custom-light: #d1bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71898,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A53D

secondary

#8A93C7

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A53D

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

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