#B8A249#B8A249

#B8A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A249
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -2.81, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 48.32, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0108 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.112 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8915, 36.5136, 11.5647)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A249 #495FB8

analogous

#B86A49 #B8A249 #97B849

triadic

#B8A249 #49B8A2 #A249B8

tetradic

#B8A249 #49B86A #495FB8 #B84997

square

#B8A249 #49B86A #495FB8 #B84997

split-complementary

#B8A249 #4997B8 #6A49B8

monochromatic

#615526 #8D7C37 #B8A249 #C9B875 #DACFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B8A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B8A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A249

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A249	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)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd7f',
    500: '#b8a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a249;
$custom-light: #d0bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A249

secondary

#969FC7

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A249

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

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