#B8A540#B8A540

#B8A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A540
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -5.02, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 53.35, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0182 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1492, 37.4723, 10.2836)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A540 #4053B8

analogous

#B86940 #B8A540 #8FB840

triadic

#B8A540 #40B8A5 #A540B8

tetradic

#B8A540 #40B869 #4053B8 #B8408F

square

#B8A540 #40B869 #4053B8 #B8408F

split-complementary

#B8A540 #408FB8 #6940B8

monochromatic

#5D5420 #8B7C30 #B8A540 #CBBC6A #DBD097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B8A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A540

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A540	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)

#B4A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7a',
    500: '#b8a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a540;
$custom-light: #d0bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71925,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A540

secondary

#8D96C7

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A540

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

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