#B8A631#B8A631

#B8A631 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A631
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -6.36, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 59.69, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0237 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9594, 37.6861, 8.3905)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A631 #3143B8

analogous

#B86231 #B8A631 #86B831

triadic

#B8A631 #31B8A6 #A631B8

tetradic

#B8A631 #31B862 #3143B8 #B83186

square

#B8A631 #31B862 #3143B8 #B83186

split-complementary

#B8A631 #3186B8 #6231B8

monochromatic

#574F17 #887A24 #B8A631 #D2C155 #DED385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B8A631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A631

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A631	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c071',
    500: '#b8a631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a631;
$custom-light: #d1c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A631

secondary

#7D87C8

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A631

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

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