#B8A83A#B8A83A

#B8A83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A83A
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -6.96, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 56.87, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0244 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5350, 38.5026, 9.6148)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A83A #3A4AB8

analogous

#B8693A #B8A83A #89B83A

triadic

#B8A83A #3AB8A8 #A83AB8

tetradic

#B8A83A #3AB869 #3A4AB8 #B83A89

square

#B8A83A #3AB869 #3A4AB8 #B83A89

split-complementary

#B8A83A #3A89B8 #693AB8

monochromatic

#5B531D #897E2B #B8A83A #CDC062 #DCD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B8A83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A83A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A83A	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)

#B8A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c176',
    500: '#b8a83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a83a;
$custom-light: #d1c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A83A

secondary

#878FC7

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A83A

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

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