#B8A62B#B8A62B

#B8A62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A62B
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -6.62, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 61.81, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.025 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8411, 37.6388, 7.7675)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A62B #2B3DB8

analogous

#B85F2B #B8A62B #84B82B

triadic

#B8A62B #2BB8A6 #A62BB8

tetradic

#B8A62B #2BB85F #2B3DB8 #B82B84

square

#B8A62B #2BB85F #2B3DB8 #B82B84

split-complementary

#B8A62B #2B84B8 #5F2BB8

monochromatic

#554C14 #86791F #B8A62B #D5C34B #E1D47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A62B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A62B	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)

#B6A110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06e',
    500: '#b8a62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a62b;
$custom-light: #d1c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A62B

secondary

#7680C9

accent

#57E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A62B

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

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