#B8A542#B8A542

#B8A542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A542
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -4.89, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 52.48, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0176 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2071, 37.4955, 10.5887)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A542 #4255B8

analogous

#B86A42 #B8A542 #90B842

triadic

#B8A542 #42B8A5 #A542B8

tetradic

#B8A542 #42B86A #4255B8 #B84290

square

#B8A542 #42B86A #4255B8 #B84290

split-complementary

#B8A542 #4290B8 #6A42B8

monochromatic

#5E5422 #8B7D32 #B8A542 #CBBB6D #DBD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B8A542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A542

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A542	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)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7b',
    500: '#b8a542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a542;
$custom-light: #d0bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A542

secondary

#8F98C7

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A542

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

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