#B8A82C#B8A82C

#B8A82C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A82C
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -7.64, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 62.09, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0278 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2260, 38.3790, 7.9875)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A82C #2C3CB8

analogous

#B8622C #B8A82C #82B82C

triadic

#B8A82C #2CB8A8 #A82CB8

tetradic

#B8A82C #2CB862 #2C3CB8 #B82C82

square

#B8A82C #2CB862 #2C3CB8 #B82C82

split-complementary

#B8A82C #2C82B8 #622CB8

monochromatic

#554E14 #877B20 #B8A82C #D4C54D #E0D57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A82C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A82C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A82C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A82C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A82C	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a82c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c16f',
    500: '#b8a82c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a82c;
$custom-light: #d1c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a82c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A82C

secondary

#7780C9

accent

#56E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A82C

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

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