#B8A72C#B8A72C

#B8A72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A72C
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -7.11, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 61.78, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0263 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0421, 38.0112, 7.9262)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A72C #2C3DB8

analogous

#B8612C #B8A72C #83B82C

triadic

#B8A72C #2CB8A7 #A72CB8

tetradic

#B8A72C #2CB861 #2C3DB8 #B82C83

square

#B8A72C #2CB861 #2C3DB8 #B82C83

split-complementary

#B8A72C #2C83B8 #612CB8

monochromatic

#554D14 #877A20 #B8A72C #D4C44D #E0D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A72C

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A72C	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)

#B7A212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06f',
    500: '#b8a72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a72c;
$custom-light: #d1c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72197,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A72C

secondary

#7781C9

accent

#57E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A72C

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

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