#B8A831#B8A831

#B8A831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A831
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -7.42, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 60.33, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0267 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3257, 38.4189, 8.5127)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A831 #3141B8

analogous

#B86431 #B8A831 #84B831

triadic

#B8A831 #31B8A8 #A831B8

tetradic

#B8A831 #31B864 #3141B8 #B83184

square

#B8A831 #31B864 #3141B8 #B83184

split-complementary

#B8A831 #3184B8 #6431B8

monochromatic

#575017 #887C24 #B8A831 #D2C355 #DED485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A831

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A831	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)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c172',
    500: '#b8a831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a831;
$custom-light: #d1c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.13484,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A831

secondary

#7D86C8

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A831

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

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