#B8A93B#B8A93B

#B8A93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A93B
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -7.43, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 56.80, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0256 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7460, 38.8835, 9.8119)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A93B #3B4AB8

analogous

#B86A3B #B8A93B #88B83B

triadic

#B8A93B #3BB8A9 #A93BB8

tetradic

#B8A93B #3BB86A #3B4AB8 #B83B88

square

#B8A93B #3BB86A #3B4AB8 #B83B88

split-complementary

#B8A93B #3B88B8 #6A3BB8

monochromatic

#5B541D #8A7E2C #B8A93B #CDC063 #DCD392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B8A93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A93B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A93B	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c277',
    500: '#b8a93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a93b;
$custom-light: #d1c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72735,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A93B

secondary

#888FC7

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A93B

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

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