#B8A140#B8A140

#B8A140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A140
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -2.89, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 52.05, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0121 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.119 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4390, 36.0519, 10.0469)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A140 #4057B8

analogous

#B86540 #B8A140 #93B840

triadic

#B8A140 #40B8A1 #A140B8

tetradic

#B8A140 #40B865 #4057B8 #B84093

square

#B8A140 #40B865 #4057B8 #B84093

split-complementary

#B8A140 #4093B8 #6540B8

monochromatic

#5D5220 #8B7930 #B8A140 #CBB96A #DBCE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B8A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A140

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A140	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)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc79',
    500: '#b8a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a140;
$custom-light: #d0bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71078,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A140

secondary

#8D98C7

accent

#6AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A140

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

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