#B8A642#B8A642

#B8A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A642
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -5.42, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 52.81, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0191 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3882, 37.8577, 10.6491)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A642 #4254B8

analogous

#B86B42 #B8A642 #8FB842

triadic

#B8A642 #42B8A6 #A642B8

tetradic

#B8A642 #42B86B #4254B8 #B8428F

square

#B8A642 #42B86B #4254B8 #B8428F

split-complementary

#B8A642 #428FB8 #6B42B8

monochromatic

#5E5522 #8B7D32 #B8A642 #CBBC6D #DBD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B8A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A642

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A642	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)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07b',
    500: '#b8a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a642;
$custom-light: #d0c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A642

secondary

#8F98C7

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A642

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

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