#B8A839#B8A839

#B8A839 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	#B8A839
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -7.01, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 57.27, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0247 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.5098, 38.4925, 9.4821)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A839 #3949B8

analogous

#B86939 #B8A839 #89B839

triadic

#B8A839 #39B8A8 #A839B8

tetradic

#B8A839 #39B869 #3949B8 #B83989

square

#B8A839 #39B869 #3949B8 #B83989

split-complementary

#B8A839 #3989B8 #6939B8

monochromatic

#5B531C #897D2B #B8A839 #CEC060 #DCD38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B8A839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A839

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A839	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c176',
    500: '#b8a839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a839;
$custom-light: #d1c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A839

secondary

#868EC7

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A839

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

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