#B8A72D#B8A72D

#B8A72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A72D
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -7.07, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 61.44, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0261 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.0612, 38.0188, 8.0264)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A72D #2D3EB8

analogous

#B8622D #B8A72D #83B82D

triadic

#B8A72D #2DB8A7 #A72DB8

tetradic

#B8A72D #2DB862 #2D3EB8 #B82D83

square

#B8A72D #2DB862 #2D3EB8 #B82D83

split-complementary

#B8A72D #2D83B8 #622DB8

monochromatic

#564E15 #877A21 #B8A72D #D4C34E #E0D480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A72D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A72D	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)

#B7A214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c06f',
    500: '#b8a72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a72d;
$custom-light: #d1c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A72D

secondary

#7882C9

accent

#58E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A72D

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

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