#B8A840#B8A840

#B8A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A840
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -6.61, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 54.37, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0227 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6967, 38.5673, 10.4661)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A840 #4050B8

analogous

#B86C40 #B8A840 #8CB840

triadic

#B8A840 #40B8A8 #A840B8

tetradic

#B8A840 #40B86C #4050B8 #B8408C

square

#B8A840 #40B86C #4050B8 #B8408C

split-complementary

#B8A840 #408CB8 #6C40B8

monochromatic

#5D5520 #8B7F30 #B8A840 #CBBE6A #DBD297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B8A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A840

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A840	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)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17a',
    500: '#b8a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a840;
$custom-light: #d0c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A840

secondary

#8D95C7

accent

#62D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A840

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

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