#B8A53E#B8A53E

#B8A53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A53E
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -5.14, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 54.20, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0188 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0933, 37.4500, 9.9892)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A53E #3E51B8

analogous

#B8683E #B8A53E #8EB83E

triadic

#B8A53E #3EB8A5 #A53EB8

tetradic

#B8A53E #3EB868 #3E51B8 #B83E8E

square

#B8A53E #3EB868 #3E51B8 #B83E8E

split-complementary

#B8A53E #3E8EB8 #683EB8

monochromatic

#5C531F #8A7C2F #B8A53E #CCBC67 #DBD095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B8A53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A53E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A53E	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)

#B4A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf78',
    500: '#b8a53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a53e;
$custom-light: #d0bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A53E

secondary

#8B94C7

accent

#64D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A53E

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

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