#B8A246#B8A246

#B8A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A246
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -3.03, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 49.69, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0117 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7944, 36.4748, 11.0534)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A246 #465CB8

analogous

#B86946 #B8A246 #95B846

triadic

#B8A246 #46B8A2 #A246B8

tetradic

#B8A246 #46B869 #465CB8 #B84695

square

#B8A246 #46B869 #465CB8 #B84695

split-complementary

#B8A246 #4695B8 #6946B8

monochromatic

#5F5424 #8C7B35 #B8A246 #C9B872 #DACF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B8A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A246

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A246	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)

#B19F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd7d',
    500: '#b8a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a246;
$custom-light: #d0bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A246

secondary

#939DC7

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A246

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

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