#B8A255#B8A255

#B8A255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.101 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A255
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -1.87, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 42.60, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0066 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.101 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3285, 36.6884, 13.8659)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A255 #556BB8

analogous

#B87155 #B8A255 #9CB855

triadic

#B8A255 #55B8A2 #A255B8

tetradic

#B8A255 #55B871 #556BB8 #B8559C

square

#B8A255 #55B871 #556BB8 #B8559C

split-complementary

#B8A255 #559CB8 #7155B8

monochromatic

#675A2B #93803D #B8A255 #CABA80 #DCD1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B8A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A255

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A255	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.101 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd87',
    500: '#b8a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a255;
$custom-light: #cfbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A255

secondary

#9FA8CA

accent

#72D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A255

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

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