#B8A82F#B8A82F
#B8A82F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8A82F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 168, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 59%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 74%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 74.5%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.32, -7.51, 60.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.32, 61.05, 97.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.43% -0.0271 0.1333) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.43% 0.136 101.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.2845, 38.4024, 8.2953) |
| Luminance | 0.3840 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.11
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 4.72
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.93
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.20
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.36
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8A82F #2F3FB8
analogous
#B8642F #B8A82F #83B82F
triadic
#B8A82F #2FB8A8 #A82FB8
tetradic
#B8A82F #2FB864 #2F3FB8 #B82F83
square
#B8A82F #2FB864 #2F3FB8 #B82F83
split-complementary
#B8A82F #2F83B8 #642FB8
monochromatic
#574F16 #877B23 #B8A82F #D3C452 #DFD482
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.42
#B8A82F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.68
#B8A82F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8A82F
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8A82F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8A82F | 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)
#B8A318
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDA937
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C69C91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8a82f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 101.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1c171',
500: '#b8a82f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8a82f; $custom-light: #d1c171; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8a82f",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 168,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.993,
"s": 59.307,
"l": 45.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72431,
"c": 0.13605,
"h": 101.5
},
"luminance": 0.38401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8A82F
secondary
#7B84C8
accent
#58E245
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#151208
muted
#83817B