#B8A938#B8A938

#B8A938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A938
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -7.59, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 58.00, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0264 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6704, 38.8533, 9.4138)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A938 #3847B8

analogous

#B86938 #B8A938 #87B838

triadic

#B8A938 #38B8A9 #A938B8

tetradic

#B8A938 #38B869 #3847B8 #B83887

square

#B8A938 #38B869 #3847B8 #B83887

split-complementary

#B8A938 #3887B8 #6938B8

monochromatic

#5A531B #897E2A #B8A938 #CEC15F #DDD38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B8A938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A938

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A938	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c275',
    500: '#b8a938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a938;
$custom-light: #d1c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A938

secondary

#858CC7

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A938

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

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