#B8A62D#B8A62D

#B8A62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A62D
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -6.54, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 61.13, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0246 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.136 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8787, 37.6539, 7.9655)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A62D #2D3FB8

analogous

#B8602D #B8A62D #85B82D

triadic

#B8A62D #2DB8A6 #A62DB8

tetradic

#B8A62D #2DB860 #2D3FB8 #B82D85

square

#B8A62D #2DB860 #2D3FB8 #B82D85

split-complementary

#B8A62D #2D85B8 #602DB8

monochromatic

#564D15 #877A21 #B8A62D #D4C34E #E0D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A62D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A62D	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)

#B6A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06f',
    500: '#b8a62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a62d;
$custom-light: #d1c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71989,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A62D

secondary

#7883C9

accent

#59E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A62D

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

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