#B8A256#B8A256

#B8A256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A256
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -1.78, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 42.11, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0062 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.1 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3685, 36.7044, 14.0766)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A256 #566CB8

analogous

#B87156 #B8A256 #9DB856

triadic

#B8A256 #56B8A2 #A256B8

tetradic

#B8A256 #56B871 #566CB8 #B8569D

square

#B8A256 #56B871 #566CB8 #B8569D

split-complementary

#B8A256 #569DB8 #7156B8

monochromatic

#685A2C #93803E #B8A256 #CABA81 #DCD1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B8A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A256

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A256	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)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd87',
    500: '#b8a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a256;
$custom-light: #cfbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71543,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A256

secondary

#A0A9CA

accent

#72D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A256

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

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