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#b8a800 color: Brass Knuckle

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55°
100%

OKLCH

72.3%
0.152
103°
  • ≈ Pistachio
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Vivid
  • Neutral
  • yellow-600
  • Black 28%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.43:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.64:1 · AALc 56

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About #b8a800

#b8a800 is a bright light yellow color. In OKLCH it has 72.3% lightness, 0.152 chroma and a hue of 103°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.43:1 contrast and black text 8.64:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Brass Knuckle (#b9a70f). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is yellow-600.

More light yellow colors

Lighter: #b8a800 mixed with white

  1. b8a800
  2. bfb13a
  3. c5ba57
  4. ccc36f
  5. d3cb85
  6. dad49a
  7. e2ddaf
  8. e9e5c3
  9. f0eed7
  10. f7f6eb

Darker: #b8a800 mixed with black

  1. b8a800
  2. a09200
  3. 887c00
  4. 716700
  5. 5b5200
  6. 453f00
  7. 312c00
  8. 1e1a00
  9. 0c0a00
  10. 020100

Calmer: #b8a800 with less saturation

  1. b8a800
  2. b6a82f
  3. b4a844
  4. b2a855
  5. b0a863
  6. aea86f
  7. aca77b
  8. aaa786
  9. a9a791
  10. a7a69b