#B8A72E#B8A72E

#B8A72E 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	#B8A72E
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -7.03, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 61.09, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0259 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.0806, 38.0266, 8.1290)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A72E #2E3FB8

analogous

#B8622E #B8A72E #84B82E

triadic

#B8A72E #2EB8A7 #A72EB8

tetradic

#B8A72E #2EB862 #2E3FB8 #B82E84

square

#B8A72E #2EB862 #2E3FB8 #B82E84

split-complementary

#B8A72E #2E84B8 #622EB8

monochromatic

#564E16 #877B22 #B8A72E #D3C350 #DFD481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A72E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A72E	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)

#B7A216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c070',
    500: '#b8a72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a72e;
$custom-light: #d1c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A72E

secondary

#7983C8

accent

#58E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A72E

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

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