#B8A63D#B8A63D

#B8A63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A63D
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -5.73, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 54.96, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0206 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2472, 37.8013, 9.9064)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A63D #3D4FB8

analogous

#B8693D #B8A63D #8CB83D

triadic

#B8A63D #3DB8A6 #A63DB8

tetradic

#B8A63D #3DB869 #3D4FB8 #B83D8C

square

#B8A63D #3DB869 #3D4FB8 #B83D8C

split-complementary

#B8A63D #3D8CB8 #693DB8

monochromatic

#5C531F #8A7D2E #B8A63D #CCBD66 #DBD194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A63D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A63D	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)

#B5A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c078',
    500: '#b8a63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a63d;
$custom-light: #d1c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A63D

secondary

#8A93C7

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A63D

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

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