#B8A738#B8A738

#B8A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A738
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -6.54, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 57.33, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3012, 38.1149, 9.2907)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A738 #3849B8

analogous

#B86738 #B8A738 #89B838

triadic

#B8A738 #38B8A7 #A738B8

tetradic

#B8A738 #38B867 #3849B8 #B83889

square

#B8A738 #38B867 #3849B8 #B83889

split-complementary

#B8A738 #3889B8 #6738B8

monochromatic

#5A521B #897C2A #B8A738 #CEBF5F #DDD28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B8A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A738

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A738	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c075',
    500: '#b8a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a738;
$custom-light: #d1c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A738

secondary

#858DC7

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A738

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

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