#B8A934#B8A934

#B8A934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A934
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -7.80, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 59.55, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0274 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5765, 38.8157, 8.9190)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A934 #3443B8

analogous

#B86734 #B8A934 #85B834

triadic

#B8A934 #34B8A9 #A934B8

tetradic

#B8A934 #34B867 #3443B8 #B83485

square

#B8A934 #34B867 #3443B8 #B83485

split-complementary

#B8A934 #3485B8 #6734B8

monochromatic

#595119 #887D27 #B8A934 #D0C359 #DED489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A934

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A934	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)

#B9A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c273',
    500: '#b8a934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a934;
$custom-light: #d1c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A934

secondary

#8088C8

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A934

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

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