#B8A832#B8A832

#B8A832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A832
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -7.37, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 59.96, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0264 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.134 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3471, 38.4274, 8.6250)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A832 #3242B8

analogous

#B86532 #B8A832 #85B832

triadic

#B8A832 #32B8A8 #A832B8

tetradic

#B8A832 #32B865 #3242B8 #B83285

square

#B8A832 #32B865 #3242B8 #B83285

split-complementary

#B8A832 #3285B8 #6532B8

monochromatic

#585018 #887C25 #B8A832 #D1C256 #DED486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B8A832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A832

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A832	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c172',
    500: '#b8a832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a832;
$custom-light: #d1c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A832

secondary

#7E87C8

accent

#5AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A832

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

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