#B8A541#B8A541

#B8A541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A541
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -4.96, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 52.91, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0179 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1779, 37.4838, 10.4348)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A541 #4154B8

analogous

#B86A41 #B8A541 #90B841

triadic

#B8A541 #41B8A5 #A541B8

tetradic

#B8A541 #41B86A #4154B8 #B84190

square

#B8A541 #41B86A #4154B8 #B84190

split-complementary

#B8A541 #4190B8 #6A41B8

monochromatic

#5E5421 #8B7C31 #B8A541 #CBBC6B #DBD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B8A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A541

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A541	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7a',
    500: '#b8a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a541;
$custom-light: #d0bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A541

secondary

#8E97C7

accent

#66D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A541

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

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