#B8A63E#B8A63E

#B8A63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A63E
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -5.67, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 54.54, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0203 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2744, 37.8121, 10.0496)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A63E #3E50B8

analogous

#B8693E #B8A63E #8DB83E

triadic

#B8A63E #3EB8A6 #A63EB8

tetradic

#B8A63E #3EB869 #3E50B8 #B83E8D

square

#B8A63E #3EB869 #3E50B8 #B83E8D

split-complementary

#B8A63E #3E8DB8 #693EB8

monochromatic

#5C531F #8A7D2F #B8A63E #CCBD67 #DBD195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A63E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A63E	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)

#B5A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c079',
    500: '#b8a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a63e;
$custom-light: #d0c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A63E

secondary

#8B94C7

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A63E

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

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