#B8A638#B8A638

#B8A638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A638
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -6.01, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 57.01, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0219 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1187, 37.7499, 9.2299)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A638 #384AB8

analogous

#B86638 #B8A638 #8AB838

triadic

#B8A638 #38B8A6 #A638B8

tetradic

#B8A638 #38B866 #384AB8 #B8388A

square

#B8A638 #38B866 #384AB8 #B8388A

split-complementary

#B8A638 #388AB8 #6638B8

monochromatic

#5A511B #897C2A #B8A638 #CEBF5F #DDD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A638

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A638	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)

#B6A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c075',
    500: '#b8a638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a638;
$custom-light: #d1c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A638

secondary

#858EC7

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A638

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

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