#B8A837#B8A837

#B8A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A837
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -7.12, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 58.06, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0252 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4609, 38.4730, 9.2245)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A837 #3747B8

analogous

#B86837 #B8A837 #88B837

triadic

#B8A837 #37B8A8 #A837B8

tetradic

#B8A837 #37B868 #3747B8 #B83788

square

#B8A837 #37B868 #3747B8 #B83788

split-complementary

#B8A837 #3788B8 #6837B8

monochromatic

#5A521B #897D29 #B8A837 #CFC15D #DDD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B8A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A837

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A837	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c175',
    500: '#b8a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a837;
$custom-light: #d1c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72488,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A837

secondary

#848CC7

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A837

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

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