#B8A742#B8A742

#B8A742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A742
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -5.95, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 53.16, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0206 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5707, 38.2226, 10.7099)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A742 #4253B8

analogous

#B86C42 #B8A742 #8EB842

triadic

#B8A742 #42B8A7 #A742B8

tetradic

#B8A742 #42B86C #4253B8 #B8428E

square

#B8A742 #42B86C #4253B8 #B8428E

split-complementary

#B8A742 #428EB8 #6C42B8

monochromatic

#5E5522 #8B7E32 #B8A742 #CBBD6D #DBD19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B8A742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A742

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A742	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)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07b',
    500: '#b8a742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a742;
$custom-light: #d0c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A742

secondary

#8F97C7

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A742

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

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