#B8A73B#B8A73B

#B8A73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A73B
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -6.38, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 56.12, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0226 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3768, 38.1451, 9.6888)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A73B #3B4CB8

analogous

#B8683B #B8A73B #8AB83B

triadic

#B8A73B #3BB8A7 #A73BB8

tetradic

#B8A73B #3BB868 #3B4CB8 #B83B8A

square

#B8A73B #3BB868 #3B4CB8 #B83B8A

split-complementary

#B8A73B #3B8AB8 #683BB8

monochromatic

#5B531D #8A7D2C #B8A73B #CDBF63 #DCD292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B8A73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A73B

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A73B	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c077',
    500: '#b8a73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a73b;
$custom-light: #d1c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A73B

secondary

#8890C7

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A73B

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

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