#B8A055#B8A055

#B8A055 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A055
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -0.79, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 41.93, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0035 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.099 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.9790, 35.9894, 13.7494)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A055 #556DB8

analogous

#B86F55 #B8A055 #9EB855

triadic

#B8A055 #55B8A0 #A055B8

tetradic

#B8A055 #55B86F #556DB8 #B8559E

square

#B8A055 #55B86F #556DB8 #B8559E

split-complementary

#B8A055 #559EB8 #6F55B8

monochromatic

#67592B #937E3D #B8A055 #CAB880 #DCD0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B8A055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A055

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A055	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb87',
    500: '#b8a055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a055;
$custom-light: #d0bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.35988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A055

secondary

#9FA9CA

accent

#74D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A055

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

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