#B8A82E#B8A82E

#B8A82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A82E
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -7.55, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 61.40, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0273 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2645, 38.3944, 8.1903)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A82E #2E3EB8

analogous

#B8632E #B8A82E #83B82E

triadic

#B8A82E #2EB8A8 #A82EB8

tetradic

#B8A82E #2EB863 #2E3EB8 #B82E83

square

#B8A82E #2EB863 #2E3EB8 #B82E83

split-complementary

#B8A82E #2E83B8 #632EB8

monochromatic

#564F16 #877B22 #B8A82E #D3C450 #DFD581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A82E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A82E	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)

#B8A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c170',
    500: '#b8a82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a82e;
$custom-light: #d1c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A82E

secondary

#7983C8

accent

#57E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A82E

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

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