#B8A059#B8A059

#B8A059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.095 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A059
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -0.44, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 39.96, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.002 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.095 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1424, 36.0548, 14.6101)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A059 #5971B8

analogous

#B87059 #B8A059 #A0B859

triadic

#B8A059 #59B8A0 #A059B8

tetradic

#B8A059 #59B870 #5971B8 #B859A0

square

#B8A059 #59B870 #5971B8 #B859A0

split-complementary

#B8A059 #59A0B8 #7059B8

monochromatic

#695A2D #947F3F #B8A059 #CAB984 #DDD1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B8A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A059

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A059	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.095 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb89',
    500: '#b8a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a059;
$custom-light: #cfbb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.842,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71166,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A059

secondary

#A2ACCB

accent

#76D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A059

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

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