#B8A935#B8A935

#B8A935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A935
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -7.75, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 59.17, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0272 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5993, 38.8248, 9.0389)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A935 #3544B8

analogous

#B86835 #B8A935 #86B835

triadic

#B8A935 #35B8A9 #A935B8

tetradic

#B8A935 #35B868 #3544B8 #B83586

square

#B8A935 #35B868 #3544B8 #B83586

split-complementary

#B8A935 #3586B8 #6835B8

monochromatic

#59521A #887D27 #B8A935 #D0C25B #DDD48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A935

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A935	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)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c274',
    500: '#b8a935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a935;
$custom-light: #d1c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A935

secondary

#8189C7

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A935

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

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