#B8A931#B8A931

#B8A931 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	#B8A931
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -7.94, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 60.66, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0281 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(34.5111, 38.7896, 8.5744)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A931 #3140B8

analogous

#B86531 #B8A931 #83B831

triadic

#B8A931 #31B8A9 #A931B8

tetradic

#B8A931 #31B865 #3140B8 #B83183

square

#B8A931 #31B865 #3140B8 #B83183

split-complementary

#B8A931 #3183B8 #6531B8

monochromatic

#575017 #887D24 #B8A931 #D2C455 #DED585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A931

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A931	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)

#B9A41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c272',
    500: '#b8a931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a931;
$custom-light: #d1c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.38788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A931

secondary

#7D85C8

accent

#58E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A931

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

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