#B8A838#B8A838

#B8A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A838
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -7.07, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 57.67, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0249 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.4851, 38.4827, 9.3520)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A838 #3848B8

analogous

#B86838 #B8A838 #88B838

triadic

#B8A838 #38B8A8 #A838B8

tetradic

#B8A838 #38B868 #3848B8 #B83888

square

#B8A838 #38B868 #3848B8 #B83888

split-complementary

#B8A838 #3888B8 #6838B8

monochromatic

#5A521B #897D2A #B8A838 #CEC05F #DDD38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B8A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A838

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A838	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c175',
    500: '#b8a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a838;
$custom-light: #d1c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A838

secondary

#858DC7

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A838

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

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