#B8A833#B8A833

#B8A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A833
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -7.32, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 59.59, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0262 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3689, 38.4362, 8.7399)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A833 #3343B8

analogous

#B86533 #B8A833 #85B833

triadic

#B8A833 #33B8A8 #A833B8

tetradic

#B8A833 #33B865 #3343B8 #B83385

square

#B8A833 #33B865 #3343B8 #B83385

split-complementary

#B8A833 #3385B8 #6533B8

monochromatic

#585018 #887C26 #B8A833 #D1C258 #DED388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B8A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A833

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A833	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)

#B8A320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c173',
    500: '#b8a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a833;
$custom-light: #d1c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A833

secondary

#7F88C8

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A833

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

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