#B8A62F#B8A62F

#B8A62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A62F
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -6.45, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 60.42, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0241 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9181, 37.6696, 8.1732)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A62F #2F41B8

analogous

#B8622F #B8A62F #85B82F

triadic

#B8A62F #2FB8A6 #A62FB8

tetradic

#B8A62F #2FB862 #2F41B8 #B82F85

square

#B8A62F #2FB862 #2F41B8 #B82F85

split-complementary

#B8A62F #2F85B8 #622FB8

monochromatic

#574E16 #877A23 #B8A62F #D3C252 #DFD382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A62F

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A62F	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)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c070',
    500: '#b8a62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a62f;
$custom-light: #d1c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72002,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A62F

secondary

#7B85C8

accent

#5AE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A62F

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

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