#B8A930#B8A930

#B8A930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A930
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -7.99, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 61.02, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0284 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(34.4902, 38.7812, 8.4645)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A930 #303FB8

analogous

#B86530 #B8A930 #83B830

triadic

#B8A930 #30B8A9 #A930B8

tetradic

#B8A930 #30B865 #303FB8 #B83083

square

#B8A930 #30B865 #303FB8 #B83083

split-complementary

#B8A930 #3083B8 #6530B8

monochromatic

#575017 #877C23 #B8A930 #D2C453 #DFD584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A930

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A930	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c271',
    500: '#b8a930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a930;
$custom-light: #d1c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A930

secondary

#7C84C8

accent

#57E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A930

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

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