#B8A933#B8A933

#B8A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A933
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -7.85, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 59.92, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0277 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.134 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5542, 38.8068, 8.8017)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A933 #3342B8

analogous

#B86633 #B8A933 #84B833

triadic

#B8A933 #33B8A9 #A933B8

tetradic

#B8A933 #33B866 #3342B8 #B83384

square

#B8A933 #33B866 #3342B8 #B83384

split-complementary

#B8A933 #3384B8 #6633B8

monochromatic

#585118 #887D26 #B8A933 #D1C358 #DED488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A933

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A933	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c273',
    500: '#b8a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a933;
$custom-light: #d1c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72673,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A933

secondary

#7F87C8

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A933

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

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