#B8A046#B8A046

#B8A046 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A046
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -1.96, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 49.05, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0087 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.113 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4449, 35.7758, 10.9369)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A046 #465EB8

analogous

#B86746 #B8A046 #97B846

triadic

#B8A046 #46B8A0 #A046B8

tetradic

#B8A046 #46B867 #465EB8 #B84697

square

#B8A046 #46B867 #465EB8 #B84697

split-complementary

#B8A046 #4697B8 #6746B8

monochromatic

#5F5324 #8C7935 #B8A046 #C9B772 #DACE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B8A046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B8A046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A046

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A046	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)

#AF9D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7d',
    500: '#b8a046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a046;
$custom-light: #d0bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A046

secondary

#939EC7

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A046

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

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