#B8A04E#B8A04E

#B8A04E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A04E
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -1.37, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 45.31, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.006 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.106 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7145, 35.8836, 12.3566)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A04E #4E66B8

analogous

#B86B4E #B8A04E #9BB84E

triadic

#B8A04E #4EB8A0 #A04EB8

tetradic

#B8A04E #4EB86B #4E66B8 #B84E9B

square

#B8A04E #4EB86B #4E66B8 #B84E9B

split-complementary

#B8A04E #4E9BB8 #6B4EB8

monochromatic

#645628 #8F7C39 #B8A04E #CAB77A #DBCFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B8A04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B8A04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A04E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A04E	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb82',
    500: '#b8a04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a04e;
$custom-light: #d0bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7102,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A04E

secondary

#9AA4C8

accent

#72D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A04E

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

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