#B8A939#B8A939

#B8A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A939
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -7.54, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 57.61, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0262 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6952, 38.8632, 9.5439)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A939 #3948B8

analogous

#B86939 #B8A939 #88B839

triadic

#B8A939 #39B8A9 #A939B8

tetradic

#B8A939 #39B869 #3948B8 #B83988

square

#B8A939 #39B869 #3948B8 #B83988

split-complementary

#B8A939 #3988B8 #6939B8

monochromatic

#5B531C #897E2B #B8A939 #CEC160 #DCD38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B8A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A939

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A939	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)

#B8A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c276',
    500: '#b8a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a939;
$custom-light: #d1c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A939

secondary

#868DC7

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A939

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

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