#B8A641#B8A641

#B8A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A641
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -5.49, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 53.25, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0194 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3590, 37.8460, 10.4952)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A641 #4153B8

analogous

#B86B41 #B8A641 #8FB841

triadic

#B8A641 #41B8A6 #A641B8

tetradic

#B8A641 #41B86B #4153B8 #B8418F

square

#B8A641 #41B86B #4153B8 #B8418F

split-complementary

#B8A641 #418FB8 #6B41B8

monochromatic

#5E5421 #8B7D31 #B8A641 #CBBC6B #DBD199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B8A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A641

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A641	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)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07a',
    500: '#b8a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a641;
$custom-light: #d0c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A641

secondary

#8E97C7

accent

#65D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A641

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

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