#B8A243#B8A243

#B8A243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A243
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -3.23, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 51.04, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0127 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.117 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7021, 36.4379, 10.5671)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A243 #4359B8

analogous

#B86843 #B8A243 #94B843

triadic

#B8A243 #43B8A2 #A243B8

tetradic

#B8A243 #43B868 #4359B8 #B84394

square

#B8A243 #43B868 #4359B8 #B84394

split-complementary

#B8A243 #4394B8 #6843B8

monochromatic

#5E5322 #8B7B33 #B8A243 #CAB96E #DBCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B8A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A243

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A243	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd7b',
    500: '#b8a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a243;
$custom-light: #d0bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A243

secondary

#909AC7

accent

#6BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A243

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

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