#B8A050#B8A050

#B8A050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.104 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A050
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -1.21, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 44.36, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0053 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.104 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7873, 35.9128, 12.7400)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A050 #5068B8

analogous

#B86C50 #B8A050 #9CB850

triadic

#B8A050 #50B8A0 #A050B8

tetradic

#B8A050 #50B86C #5068B8 #B8509C

square

#B8A050 #50B86C #5068B8 #B8509C

split-complementary

#B8A050 #509CB8 #6C50B8

monochromatic

#655729 #907C3B #B8A050 #CAB87C #DBCFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B8A050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B8A050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A050

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A050	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)

#AF9D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.104 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb83',
    500: '#b8a050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a050;
$custom-light: #d0bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71045,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A050

secondary

#9BA6C9

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A050

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

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