#B8A937#B8A937

#B8A937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A937
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -7.65, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 58.39, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0267 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6462, 38.8436, 9.2863)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A937 #3746B8

analogous

#B86837 #B8A937 #87B837

triadic

#B8A937 #37B8A9 #A937B8

tetradic

#B8A937 #37B868 #3746B8 #B83787

square

#B8A937 #37B868 #3746B8 #B83787

split-complementary

#B8A937 #3787B8 #6837B8

monochromatic

#5A521B #897E29 #B8A937 #CFC25D #DDD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B8A937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A937

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A937	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c275',
    500: '#b8a937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a937;
$custom-light: #d1c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A937

secondary

#848BC7

accent

#5CDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A937

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

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