#B8A737#B8A737

#B8A737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A737
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -6.59, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 57.73, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0237 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2770, 38.1052, 9.1632)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A737 #3748B8

analogous

#B86737 #B8A737 #89B837

triadic

#B8A737 #37B8A7 #A737B8

tetradic

#B8A737 #37B867 #3748B8 #B83789

square

#B8A737 #37B867 #3748B8 #B83789

split-complementary

#B8A737 #3789B8 #6737B8

monochromatic

#5A511B #897C29 #B8A737 #CFC05D #DDD28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B8A737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A737

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A737	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)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c075',
    500: '#b8a737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a737;
$custom-light: #d1c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A737

secondary

#848CC7

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A737

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

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