#B8A944#B8A944

#B8A944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A944
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 63%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -6.88, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 52.99, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.023 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9999, 38.9851, 11.1490)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A944 #4453B8

analogous

#B86F44 #B8A944 #8DB844

triadic

#B8A944 #44B8A9 #A944B8

tetradic

#B8A944 #44B86F #4453B8 #B8448D

square

#B8A944 #44B86F #4453B8 #B8448D

split-complementary

#B8A944 #448DB8 #6F44B8

monochromatic

#5F5723 #8B8033 #B8A944 #CABE6F #DAD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A944

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A944	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c27c',
    500: '#b8a944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a944;
$custom-light: #d0c27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A944

secondary

#9198C7

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A944

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

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