#B8A142#B8A142

#B8A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A142
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -2.76, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 51.17, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0115 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4969, 36.0751, 10.3520)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A142 #4259B8

analogous

#B86642 #B8A142 #94B842

triadic

#B8A142 #42B8A1 #A142B8

tetradic

#B8A142 #42B866 #4259B8 #B84294

square

#B8A142 #42B866 #4259B8 #B84294

split-complementary

#B8A142 #4294B8 #6642B8

monochromatic

#5E5222 #8B7A32 #B8A142 #CBB86D #DBCE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B8A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A142

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A142	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc7b',
    500: '#b8a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a142;
$custom-light: #d0bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71097,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A142

secondary

#8F9AC7

accent

#6BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A142

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

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