#B8A945#B8A945

#B8A945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A945
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -6.81, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 52.54, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0227 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0307, 38.9974, 11.3111)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A945 #4554B8

analogous

#B87045 #B8A945 #8EB845

triadic

#B8A945 #45B8A9 #A945B8

tetradic

#B8A945 #45B870 #4554B8 #B8458E

square

#B8A945 #45B870 #4554B8 #B8458E

split-complementary

#B8A945 #458EB8 #7045B8

monochromatic

#5F5724 #8B8034 #B8A945 #CABE71 #DAD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A945

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A945	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)

#B8A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c27d',
    500: '#b8a945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a945;
$custom-light: #d0c27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A945

secondary

#9299C7

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A945

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

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