#B8A042#B8A042

#B8A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A042
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -2.22, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 50.85, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0099 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.116 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3229, 35.7270, 10.2940)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A042 #425AB8

analogous

#B86542 #B8A042 #95B842

triadic

#B8A042 #42B8A0 #A042B8

tetradic

#B8A042 #42B865 #425AB8 #B84295

square

#B8A042 #42B865 #425AB8 #B84295

split-complementary

#B8A042 #4295B8 #6542B8

monochromatic

#5E5222 #8B7932 #B8A042 #CBB76D #DBCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B8A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B8A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A042

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A042	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7a',
    500: '#b8a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a042;
$custom-light: #d0bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70887,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A042

secondary

#8F9AC7

accent

#6CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A042

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

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