#B8A62C#B8A62C

#B8A62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A62C
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -6.58, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 61.47, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0248 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8596, 37.6462, 7.8653)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A62C #2C3EB8

analogous

#B8602C #B8A62C #84B82C

triadic

#B8A62C #2CB8A6 #A62CB8

tetradic

#B8A62C #2CB860 #2C3EB8 #B82C84

square

#B8A62C #2CB860 #2C3EB8 #B82C84

split-complementary

#B8A62C #2C84B8 #602CB8

monochromatic

#554D14 #877920 #B8A62C #D4C34D #E0D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A62C

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A62C	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)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06f',
    500: '#b8a62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a62c;
$custom-light: #d1c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71983,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A62C

secondary

#7782C9

accent

#58E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A62C

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

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