#B8A047#B8A047

#B8A047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A047
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -1.89, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 48.59, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0083 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.112 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4768, 35.7885, 11.1046)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A047 #475FB8

analogous

#B86847 #B8A047 #97B847

triadic

#B8A047 #47B8A0 #A047B8

tetradic

#B8A047 #47B868 #475FB8 #B84797

square

#B8A047 #47B868 #475FB8 #B84797

split-complementary

#B8A047 #4797B8 #6847B8

monochromatic

#605325 #8C7A36 #B8A047 #C9B773 #DACE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B8A047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B8A047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A047

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A047	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7e',
    500: '#b8a047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a047;
$custom-light: #d0bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A047

secondary

#949FC7

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A047

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

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