#B8A63B#B8A63B

#B8A63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A63B
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -5.85, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 55.79, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0211 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1943, 37.7801, 9.6280)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A63B #3B4DB8

analogous

#B8673B #B8A63B #8BB83B

triadic

#B8A63B #3BB8A6 #A63BB8

tetradic

#B8A63B #3BB867 #3B4DB8 #B83B8B

square

#B8A63B #3BB867 #3B4DB8 #B83B8B

split-complementary

#B8A63B #3B8BB8 #673BB8

monochromatic

#5B521D #8A7C2C #B8A63B #CDBE63 #DCD192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A63B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A63B	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c077',
    500: '#b8a63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a63b;
$custom-light: #d1c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72093,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A63B

secondary

#8891C7

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A63B

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

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