#B8A040#B8A040

#B8A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A040
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -2.35, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 51.74, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0105 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.118 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2649, 35.7038, 9.9889)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A040 #4058B8

analogous

#B86440 #B8A040 #94B840

triadic

#B8A040 #40B8A0 #A040B8

tetradic

#B8A040 #40B864 #4058B8 #B84094

square

#B8A040 #40B864 #4058B8 #B84094

split-complementary

#B8A040 #4094B8 #6440B8

monochromatic

#5D5120 #8B7930 #B8A040 #CBB86A #DBCD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B8A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B8A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A040

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A040	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb79',
    500: '#b8a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a040;
$custom-light: #d0bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A040

secondary

#8D99C7

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A040

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

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