#B8A63A#B8A63A

#B8A63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A63A
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -5.90, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 56.20, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0214 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1686, 37.7698, 9.4927)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A63A #3A4CB8

analogous

#B8673A #B8A63A #8BB83A

triadic

#B8A63A #3AB8A6 #A63AB8

tetradic

#B8A63A #3AB867 #3A4CB8 #B83A8B

square

#B8A63A #3AB867 #3A4CB8 #B83A8B

split-complementary

#B8A63A #3A8BB8 #673AB8

monochromatic

#5B521D #897C2B #B8A63A #CDBE62 #DCD190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A63A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A63A	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)

#B6A22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c076',
    500: '#b8a63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a63a;
$custom-light: #d1c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72085,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A63A

secondary

#8790C7

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A63A

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

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