#B8A636#B8A636

#B8A636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A636
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -6.12, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 57.80, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0224 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0708, 37.7307, 8.9774)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A636 #3648B8

analogous

#B86536 #B8A636 #89B836

triadic

#B8A636 #36B8A6 #A636B8

tetradic

#B8A636 #36B865 #3648B8 #B83689

square

#B8A636 #36B865 #3648B8 #B83689

split-complementary

#B8A636 #3689B8 #6536B8

monochromatic

#59511A #897B28 #B8A636 #CFBF5C #DDD28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A636

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A636	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c074',
    500: '#b8a636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a636;
$custom-light: #d1c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72053,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A636

secondary

#828CC7

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A636

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

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