#B8A73E#B8A73E

#B8A73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A73E
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -6.20, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 54.87, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0218 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.4569, 38.1771, 10.1104)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A73E #3E4FB8

analogous

#B86A3E #B8A73E #8CB83E

triadic

#B8A73E #3EB8A7 #A73EB8

tetradic

#B8A73E #3EB86A #3E4FB8 #B83E8C

square

#B8A73E #3EB86A #3E4FB8 #B83E8C

split-complementary

#B8A73E #3E8CB8 #6A3EB8

monochromatic

#5C541F #8A7D2F #B8A73E #CCBE67 #DBD295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B8A73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A73E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A73E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c079',
    500: '#b8a73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a73e;
$custom-light: #d0c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.38176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A73E

secondary

#8B93C7

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A73E

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

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