#B8A841#B8A841

#B8A841 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 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A841
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -6.54, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 53.94, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0224 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7254, 38.5788, 10.6173)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A841 #4151B8

analogous

#B86D41 #B8A841 #8DB841

triadic

#B8A841 #41B8A8 #A841B8

tetradic

#B8A841 #41B86D #4151B8 #B8418D

square

#B8A841 #41B86D #4151B8 #B8418D

split-complementary

#B8A841 #418DB8 #6D41B8

monochromatic

#5E5521 #8B7F31 #B8A841 #CBBE6B #DBD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B8A841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A841

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A841	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17a',
    500: '#b8a841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a841;
$custom-light: #d0c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A841

secondary

#8E96C7

accent

#63D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A841

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

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