#B8A834#B8A834

#B8A834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A834
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -7.27, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 59.22, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0259 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3912, 38.4451, 8.8573)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A834 #3444B8

analogous

#B86634 #B8A834 #86B834

triadic

#B8A834 #34B8A8 #A834B8

tetradic

#B8A834 #34B866 #3444B8 #B83486

square

#B8A834 #34B866 #3444B8 #B83486

split-complementary

#B8A834 #3486B8 #6634B8

monochromatic

#595119 #887C27 #B8A834 #D0C259 #DED389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B8A834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A834

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A834	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)

#B8A321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c173',
    500: '#b8a834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a834;
$custom-light: #d1c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72466,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A834

secondary

#8089C8

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A834

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →