#B8A640#B8A640

#B8A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A640
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -5.55, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 53.68, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0197 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3303, 37.8345, 10.3440)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A640 #4052B8

analogous

#B86A40 #B8A640 #8EB840

triadic

#B8A640 #40B8A6 #A640B8

tetradic

#B8A640 #40B86A #4052B8 #B8408E

square

#B8A640 #40B86A #4052B8 #B8408E

split-complementary

#B8A640 #408EB8 #6A40B8

monochromatic

#5D5420 #8B7D30 #B8A640 #CBBD6A #DBD197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B8A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A640

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A640	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07a',
    500: '#b8a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a640;
$custom-light: #d0c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A640

secondary

#8D96C7

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A640

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

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