#B8A829#B8A829

#B8A829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.139 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A829
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -7.76, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 63.08, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0284 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.139 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1717, 38.3573, 7.7011)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A829 #2939B8

analogous

#B86129 #B8A829 #81B829

triadic

#B8A829 #29B8A8 #A829B8

tetradic

#B8A829 #29B861 #2939B8 #B82981

square

#B8A829 #29B861 #2939B8 #B82981

split-complementary

#B8A829 #2981B8 #6129B8

monochromatic

#544D13 #867A1E #B8A829 #D6C648 #E1D67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B8A829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A829

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A829	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.139 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c16e',
    500: '#b8a829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a829;
$custom-light: #d1c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72394,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A829

secondary

#737DC9

accent

#54E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A829

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

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