#B8A635#B8A635

#B8A635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A635
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -6.17, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 58.19, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0227 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.0476, 37.7214, 8.8550)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A635 #3547B8

analogous

#B86535 #B8A635 #89B835

triadic

#B8A635 #35B8A6 #A635B8

tetradic

#B8A635 #35B865 #3547B8 #B83589

square

#B8A635 #35B865 #3547B8 #B83589

split-complementary

#B8A635 #3589B8 #6535B8

monochromatic

#59501A #887B27 #B8A635 #D0C05B #DDD28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B8A635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A635

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A635	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)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c073',
    500: '#b8a635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a635;
$custom-light: #d1c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A635

secondary

#818BC7

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A635

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

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