#B8A143#B8A143

#B8A143 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A143
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -2.69, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 50.72, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0112 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.116 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5267, 36.0870, 10.5086)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A143 #435AB8

analogous

#B86743 #B8A143 #95B843

triadic

#B8A143 #43B8A1 #A143B8

tetradic

#B8A143 #43B867 #435AB8 #B84395

square

#B8A143 #43B867 #435AB8 #B84395

split-complementary

#B8A143 #4395B8 #6743B8

monochromatic

#5E5222 #8B7A33 #B8A143 #CAB86E #DBCE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B8A143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B8A143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A143

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A143	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc7b',
    500: '#b8a143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a143;
$custom-light: #d0bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71108,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A143

secondary

#909BC7

accent

#6CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A143

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

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