#B8A830#B8A830

#B8A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A830
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -7.46, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 60.69, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0269 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.135 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3049, 38.4106, 8.4027)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A830 #3040B8

analogous

#B86430 #B8A830 #84B830

triadic

#B8A830 #30B8A8 #A830B8

tetradic

#B8A830 #30B864 #3040B8 #B83084

square

#B8A830 #30B864 #3040B8 #B83084

split-complementary

#B8A830 #3084B8 #6430B8

monochromatic

#574F17 #877C23 #B8A830 #D2C353 #DFD484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A830

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A830	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)

#B8A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c171',
    500: '#b8a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a830;
$custom-light: #d1c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72437,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A830

secondary

#7C85C8

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A830

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

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