#B8A943#B8A943

#B8A943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A943
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -6.94, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 53.42, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0233 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9697, 38.9730, 10.9896)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A943 #4352B8

analogous

#B86F43 #B8A943 #8DB843

triadic

#B8A943 #43B8A9 #A943B8

tetradic

#B8A943 #43B86F #4352B8 #B8438D

square

#B8A943 #43B86F #4352B8 #B8438D

split-complementary

#B8A943 #438DB8 #6F43B8

monochromatic

#5E5722 #8B8033 #B8A943 #CABE6E #DBD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B8A943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A943

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A943	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)

#B8A437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c27c',
    500: '#b8a943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a943;
$custom-light: #d0c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A943

secondary

#9097C7

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A943

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

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