#B8A053#B8A053

#B8A053 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A053
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -0.96, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 42.91, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0042 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9006, 35.9581, 13.3369)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A053 #536BB8

analogous

#B86E53 #B8A053 #9DB853

triadic

#B8A053 #53B8A0 #A053B8

tetradic

#B8A053 #53B86E #536BB8 #B8539D

square

#B8A053 #53B86E #536BB8 #B8539D

split-complementary

#B8A053 #539DB8 #6E53B8

monochromatic

#66582A #927D3C #B8A053 #CAB87E #DCD0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B8A053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A053

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A053	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)

#AE9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb85',
    500: '#b8a053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a053;
$custom-light: #d0bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A053

secondary

#9DA8C9

accent

#74D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A053

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

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