#B8A240#B8A240

#B8A240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A240
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -3.42, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 52.37, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0136 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.119 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6144, 36.4028, 10.1054)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A240 #4056B8

analogous

#B86640 #B8A240 #92B840

triadic

#B8A240 #40B8A2 #A240B8

tetradic

#B8A240 #40B866 #4056B8 #B84092

square

#B8A240 #40B866 #4056B8 #B84092

split-complementary

#B8A240 #4092B8 #6640B8

monochromatic

#5D5220 #8B7A30 #B8A240 #CBB96A #DBCF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B8A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A240

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A240	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)

#B29E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd79',
    500: '#b8a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a240;
$custom-light: #d0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A240

secondary

#8D98C7

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A240

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

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