#B8A049#B8A049

#B8A049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A049
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -1.74, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 47.67, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0077 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.11 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.5420, 35.8146, 11.4482)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A049 #4961B8

analogous

#B86849 #B8A049 #98B849

triadic

#B8A049 #49B8A0 #A049B8

tetradic

#B8A049 #49B868 #4961B8 #B84998

square

#B8A049 #49B868 #4961B8 #B84998

split-complementary

#B8A049 #4998B8 #6849B8

monochromatic

#615426 #8D7A37 #B8A049 #C9B775 #DACEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B8A049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B8A049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A049

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A049	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)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7f',
    500: '#b8a049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a049;
$custom-light: #d0bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A049

secondary

#96A0C7

accent

#70D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A049

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

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