#B8A843#B8A843

#B8A843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A843
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -6.42, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 53.07, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0218 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7843, 38.6023, 10.9279)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A843 #4353B8

analogous

#B86E43 #B8A843 #8EB843

triadic

#B8A843 #43B8A8 #A843B8

tetradic

#B8A843 #43B86E #4353B8 #B8438E

square

#B8A843 #43B86E #4353B8 #B8438E

split-complementary

#B8A843 #438EB8 #6E43B8

monochromatic

#5E5622 #8B7F33 #B8A843 #CABE6E #DBD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B8A843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A843

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A843	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)

#B7A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17c',
    500: '#b8a843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a843;
$custom-light: #d0c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A843

secondary

#9098C7

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A843

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

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