#B8A043#B8A043

#B8A043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A043
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -2.16, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 50.41, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0096 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.116 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3526, 35.7389, 10.4506)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A043 #435BB8

analogous

#B86543 #B8A043 #96B843

triadic

#B8A043 #43B8A0 #A043B8

tetradic

#B8A043 #43B865 #435BB8 #B84396

square

#B8A043 #43B865 #435BB8 #B84396

split-complementary

#B8A043 #4396B8 #6543B8

monochromatic

#5E5222 #8B7933 #B8A043 #CAB76E #DBCD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B8A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B8A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A043

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A043	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)

#B09D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7b',
    500: '#b8a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a043;
$custom-light: #d0bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A043

secondary

#909BC7

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A043

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

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