#B8A052#B8A052

#B8A052 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.102 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A052
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -1.04, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 43.39, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0046 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.102 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8623, 35.9428, 13.1350)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A052 #526AB8

analogous

#B86D52 #B8A052 #9DB852

triadic

#B8A052 #52B8A0 #A052B8

tetradic

#B8A052 #52B86D #526AB8 #B8529D

square

#B8A052 #52B86D #526AB8 #B8529D

split-complementary

#B8A052 #529DB8 #6D52B8

monochromatic

#66582A #917D3C #B8A052 #CAB87D #DCD0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B8A052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A052

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A052	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.102 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb85',
    500: '#b8a052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a052;
$custom-light: #d0bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A052

secondary

#9DA7C9

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A052

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

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