#B8A62A#B8A62A

#B8A62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A62A
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -6.66, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 62.15, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0252 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8229, 37.6316, 7.6721)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A62A #2A3CB8

analogous

#B85F2A #B8A62A #83B82A

triadic

#B8A62A #2AB8A6 #A62AB8

tetradic

#B8A62A #2AB85F #2A3CB8 #B82A83

square

#B8A62A #2AB85F #2A3CB8 #B82A83

split-complementary

#B8A62A #2A83B8 #5F2AB8

monochromatic

#544C13 #86791F #B8A62A #D6C44A #E1D47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A62A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A62A	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06e',
    500: '#b8a62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a62a;
$custom-light: #d1c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A62A

secondary

#757FC9

accent

#57E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A62A

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

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