#B8A83E#B8A83E

#B8A83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A83E
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -6.73, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 55.21, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0233 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6408, 38.5449, 10.1717)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A83E #3E4EB8

analogous

#B86B3E #B8A83E #8BB83E

triadic

#B8A83E #3EB8A8 #A83EB8

tetradic

#B8A83E #3EB86B #3E4EB8 #B83E8B

square

#B8A83E #3EB86B #3E4EB8 #B83E8B

split-complementary

#B8A83E #3E8BB8 #6B3EB8

monochromatic

#5C541F #8A7E2F #B8A83E #CCBF67 #DBD295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B8A83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A83E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A83E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c179',
    500: '#b8a83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a83e;
$custom-light: #d0c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A83E

secondary

#8B93C7

accent

#61D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A83E

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

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