#B8A157#B8A157

#B8A157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A157
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -1.16, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 41.28, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0043 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.098 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2336, 36.3698, 14.2318)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A157 #576EB8

analogous

#B87057 #B8A157 #9EB857

triadic

#B8A157 #57B8A1 #A157B8

tetradic

#B8A157 #57B870 #576EB8 #B8579E

square

#B8A157 #57B870 #576EB8 #B8579E

split-complementary

#B8A157 #579EB8 #7057B8

monochromatic

#685A2C #937F3E #B8A157 #CAB982 #DCD1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B8A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A157

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A157	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc88',
    500: '#b8a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a157;
$custom-light: #cfbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71347,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A157

secondary

#A0AACA

accent

#74D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A157

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

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