#B8A254#B8A254

#B8A254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A254
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 84)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 54.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -1.95, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 43.08, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.007 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.102 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2890, 36.6726, 13.6582)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A254 #546AB8

analogous

#B87054 #B8A254 #9CB854

triadic

#B8A254 #54B8A2 #A254B8

tetradic

#B8A254 #54B870 #546AB8 #B8549C

square

#B8A254 #54B870 #546AB8 #B8549C

split-complementary

#B8A254 #549CB8 #7054B8

monochromatic

#675A2B #927F3D #B8A254 #CABA7F #DCD1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B8A254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A254

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A254	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)

#B09F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd86',
    500: '#b8a254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a254;
$custom-light: #d0bd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 41.322,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71516,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A254

secondary

#9EA8CA

accent

#72D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A254

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

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