#B8A735#B8A735

#B8A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A735
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -6.70, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 58.51, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0242 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2300, 38.0864, 8.9159)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A735 #3546B8

analogous

#B86635 #B8A735 #88B835

triadic

#B8A735 #35B8A7 #A735B8

tetradic

#B8A735 #35B866 #3546B8 #B83588

square

#B8A735 #35B866 #3546B8 #B83588

split-complementary

#B8A735 #3588B8 #6635B8

monochromatic

#59511A #887C27 #B8A735 #D0C05B #DDD38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B8A735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A735

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A735	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c074',
    500: '#b8a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a735;
$custom-light: #d1c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72259,
    "c": 0.13147,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A735

secondary

#818AC7

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A735

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

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