#B8A72A#B8A72A

#B8A72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.138 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A72A
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -7.19, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 62.45, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0267 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.138 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0054, 37.9965, 7.7329)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A72A #2A3BB8

analogous

#B8602A #B8A72A #82B82A

triadic

#B8A72A #2AB8A7 #A72AB8

tetradic

#B8A72A #2AB860 #2A3BB8 #B82A82

square

#B8A72A #2AB860 #2A3BB8 #B82A82

split-complementary

#B8A72A #2A82B8 #602AB8

monochromatic

#544D13 #867A1F #B8A72A #D6C54A #E1D57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A72A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A72A	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.138 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06e',
    500: '#b8a72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a72a;
$custom-light: #d1c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A72A

secondary

#757FC9

accent

#56E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A72A

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

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