#B8A946#B8A946

#B8A946 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A946
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -6.74, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 52.10, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0224 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0620, 39.0099, 11.4760)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A946 #4655B8

analogous

#B87046 #B8A946 #8EB846

triadic

#B8A946 #46B8A9 #A946B8

tetradic

#B8A946 #46B870 #4655B8 #B8468E

square

#B8A946 #46B870 #4655B8 #B8468E

split-complementary

#B8A946 #468EB8 #7046B8

monochromatic

#5F5824 #8C8035 #B8A946 #C9BE72 #DAD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A946

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A946	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)

#B8A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c27e',
    500: '#b8a946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a946;
$custom-light: #d0c27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A946

secondary

#939AC7

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A946

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

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