#B8A83C#B8A83C

#B8A83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A83C
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -6.85, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 56.05, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0239 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5869, 38.5234, 9.8880)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A83C #3C4CB8

analogous

#B86A3C #B8A83C #8AB83C

triadic

#B8A83C #3CB8A8 #A83CB8

tetradic

#B8A83C #3CB86A #3C4CB8 #B83C8A

square

#B8A83C #3CB86A #3C4CB8 #B83C8A

split-complementary

#B8A83C #3C8AB8 #6A3CB8

monochromatic

#5C541E #8A7E2D #B8A83C #CDBF65 #DCD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B8A83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A83C

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A83C	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)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c178',
    500: '#b8a83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a83c;
$custom-light: #d1c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A83C

secondary

#8991C7

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A83C

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

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