#B8A159#B8A159

#B8A159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.096 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A159
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -0.98, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 40.29, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0035 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.096 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3164, 36.4029, 14.6681)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A159 #5970B8

analogous

#B87159 #B8A159 #9FB859

triadic

#B8A159 #59B8A1 #A159B8

tetradic

#B8A159 #59B871 #5970B8 #B8599F

square

#B8A159 #59B871 #5970B8 #B8599F

split-complementary

#B8A159 #599FB8 #7159B8

monochromatic

#695B2D #94803F #B8A159 #CAB984 #DDD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B8A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A159

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A159	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.096 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbc89',
    500: '#b8a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a159;
$custom-light: #cfbc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A159

secondary

#A2ACCB

accent

#75D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A159

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

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