#B8A844#B8A844

#B8A844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A844
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -6.35, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 52.63, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0215 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8146, 38.6144, 11.0872)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A844 #4454B8

analogous

#B86E44 #B8A844 #8EB844

triadic

#B8A844 #44B8A8 #A844B8

tetradic

#B8A844 #44B86E #4454B8 #B8448E

square

#B8A844 #44B86E #4454B8 #B8448E

split-complementary

#B8A844 #448EB8 #6E44B8

monochromatic

#5F5623 #8B7F33 #B8A844 #CABD6F #DAD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B8A844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A844

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A844	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)

#B7A338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17c',
    500: '#b8a844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a844;
$custom-light: #d0c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72603,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A844

secondary

#9199C7

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A844

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

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