#B8A82B#B8A82B

#B8A82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A82B
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -7.68, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 62.43, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.028 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.138 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2075, 38.3716, 7.8897)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A82B #2B3BB8

analogous

#B8612B #B8A82B #82B82B

triadic

#B8A82B #2BB8A8 #A82BB8

tetradic

#B8A82B #2BB861 #2B3BB8 #B82B82

square

#B8A82B #2BB861 #2B3BB8 #B82B82

split-complementary

#B8A82B #2B82B8 #612BB8

monochromatic

#554D14 #867B1F #B8A82B #D5C54B #E1D57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B8A82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A82B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A82B	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)

#B8A30F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c16f',
    500: '#b8a82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a82b;
$custom-light: #d1c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A82B

secondary

#767FC9

accent

#55E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A82B

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

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