#B8A637#B8A637

#B8A637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A637
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -6.07, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 57.40, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0222 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0945, 37.7402, 9.1024)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A637 #3749B8

analogous

#B86637 #B8A637 #8AB837

triadic

#B8A637 #37B8A6 #A637B8

tetradic

#B8A637 #37B866 #3749B8 #B8378A

square

#B8A637 #37B866 #3749B8 #B8378A

split-complementary

#B8A637 #378AB8 #6637B8

monochromatic

#5A511B #897B29 #B8A637 #CFBF5D #DDD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A637

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A637	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)

#B6A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c075',
    500: '#b8a637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a637;
$custom-light: #d1c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A637

secondary

#848DC7

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A637

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

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