#B8A252#B8A252

#B8A252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A252
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -2.12, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 44.05, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0077 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.104 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2118, 36.6418, 13.2515)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A252 #5268B8

analogous

#B86F52 #B8A252 #9BB852

triadic

#B8A252 #52B8A2 #A252B8

tetradic

#B8A252 #52B86F #5268B8 #B8529B

square

#B8A252 #52B86F #5268B8 #B8529B

split-complementary

#B8A252 #529BB8 #6F52B8

monochromatic

#66592A #917F3C #B8A252 #CAB97D #DCD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B8A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A252

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A252	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd85',
    500: '#b8a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a252;
$custom-light: #d0bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7149,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A252

secondary

#9DA6C9

accent

#71D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A252

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

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