#B8A248#B8A248

#B8A248 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.113 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A248
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -2.89, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 48.78, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0111 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.113 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8586, 36.5005, 11.3915)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A248 #485EB8

analogous

#B86A48 #B8A248 #96B848

triadic

#B8A248 #48B8A2 #A248B8

tetradic

#B8A248 #48B86A #485EB8 #B84896

square

#B8A248 #48B86A #485EB8 #B84896

split-complementary

#B8A248 #4896B8 #6A48B8

monochromatic

#605525 #8C7B36 #B8A248 #C9B874 #DACFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B8A248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A248

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A248	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.113 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd7e',
    500: '#b8a248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a248;
$custom-light: #d0bd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A248

secondary

#959FC7

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A248

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

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