#B8A731#B8A731

#B8A731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A731
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -6.89, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 60.01, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0252 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1418, 38.0511, 8.4514)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A731 #3142B8

analogous

#B86331 #B8A731 #86B831

triadic

#B8A731 #31B8A7 #A731B8

tetradic

#B8A731 #31B863 #3142B8 #B83186

square

#B8A731 #31B863 #3142B8 #B83186

split-complementary

#B8A731 #3186B8 #6331B8

monochromatic

#574F17 #887B24 #B8A731 #D2C255 #DED385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B8A731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A731

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A731	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c071',
    500: '#b8a731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a731;
$custom-light: #d1c071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7223,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A731

secondary

#7D86C8

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A731

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

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