#B8A940#B8A940

#B8A940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A940
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -7.13, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 54.72, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0242 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8820, 38.9379, 10.5279)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A940 #404FB8

analogous

#B86D40 #B8A940 #8BB840

triadic

#B8A940 #40B8A9 #A940B8

tetradic

#B8A940 #40B86D #404FB8 #B8408B

square

#B8A940 #40B86D #404FB8 #B8408B

split-complementary

#B8A940 #408BB8 #6D40B8

monochromatic

#5D5620 #8B7F30 #B8A940 #CBBF6A #DBD397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B8A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A940

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A940	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c27a',
    500: '#b8a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a940;
$custom-light: #d0c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A940

secondary

#8D94C7

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A940

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →