#B8A057#B8A057

#B8A057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A057
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -0.62, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 40.95, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0027 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.097 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0595, 36.0217, 14.1738)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A057 #576FB8

analogous

#B86F57 #B8A057 #9FB857

triadic

#B8A057 #57B8A0 #A057B8

tetradic

#B8A057 #57B86F #576FB8 #B8579F

square

#B8A057 #57B86F #576FB8 #B8579F

split-complementary

#B8A057 #579FB8 #6F57B8

monochromatic

#685A2C #937E3E #B8A057 #CAB882 #DCD1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B8A057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A057

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A057	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)

#AE9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb88',
    500: '#b8a057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a057;
$custom-light: #cfbb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71138,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A057

secondary

#A0ABCA

accent

#75D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A057

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

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