#B8A04B#B8A04B

#B8A04B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A04B
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -1.60, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 46.73, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.007 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.109 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6094, 35.8416, 11.8030)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A04B #4B63B8

analogous

#B8694B #B8A04B #99B84B

triadic

#B8A04B #4BB8A0 #A04BB8

tetradic

#B8A04B #4BB869 #4B63B8 #B84B99

square

#B8A04B #4BB869 #4B63B8 #B84B99

split-complementary

#B8A04B #4B99B8 #694BB8

monochromatic

#625527 #8E7B38 #B8A04B #C9B777 #DBCEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B8A04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B8A04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A04B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A04B	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb80',
    500: '#b8a04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a04b;
$custom-light: #d0bb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70984,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A04B

secondary

#97A2C8

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A04B

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

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