#B8A149#B8A149

#B8A149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A149
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -2.28, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 47.99, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0092 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.111 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7161, 36.1627, 11.5062)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A149 #4960B8

analogous

#B86A49 #B8A149 #97B849

triadic

#B8A149 #49B8A1 #A149B8

tetradic

#B8A149 #49B86A #4960B8 #B84997

square

#B8A149 #49B86A #4960B8 #B84997

split-complementary

#B8A149 #4997B8 #6A49B8

monochromatic

#615526 #8D7B37 #B8A149 #C9B875 #DACEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B8A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B8A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A149

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A149	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc7f',
    500: '#b8a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a149;
$custom-light: #d0bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A149

secondary

#96A0C7

accent

#6FD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A149

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

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