#B8A241#B8A241

#B8A241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A241
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -3.36, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 51.93, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0133 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6431, 36.4143, 10.2566)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A241 #4157B8

analogous

#B86741 #B8A241 #93B841

triadic

#B8A241 #41B8A2 #A241B8

tetradic

#B8A241 #41B867 #4157B8 #B84193

square

#B8A241 #41B867 #4157B8 #B84193

split-complementary

#B8A241 #4193B8 #6741B8

monochromatic

#5E5221 #8B7A31 #B8A241 #CBB96B #DBCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B8A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A241

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A241	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)

#B29E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd7a',
    500: '#b8a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a241;
$custom-light: #d0bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A241

secondary

#8E99C7

accent

#69D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A241

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

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