#B8A242#B8A242

#B8A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A242
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -3.29, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 51.49, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.013 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6724, 36.4260, 10.4105)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A242 #4258B8

analogous

#B86742 #B8A242 #93B842

triadic

#B8A242 #42B8A2 #A242B8

tetradic

#B8A242 #42B867 #4258B8 #B84293

square

#B8A242 #42B867 #4258B8 #B84293

split-complementary

#B8A242 #4293B8 #6742B8

monochromatic

#5E5322 #8B7A32 #B8A242 #CBB96D #DBCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B8A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A242

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A242	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#B19F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd7b',
    500: '#b8a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a242;
$custom-light: #d0bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A242

secondary

#8F99C7

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A242

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

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