#B8A257#B8A257

#B8A257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A257
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -1.69, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 41.62, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0059 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.099 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4090, 36.7207, 14.2903)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A257 #576DB8

analogous

#B87157 #B8A257 #9DB857

triadic

#B8A257 #57B8A2 #A257B8

tetradic

#B8A257 #57B871 #576DB8 #B8579D

square

#B8A257 #57B871 #576DB8 #B8579D

split-complementary

#B8A257 #579DB8 #7157B8

monochromatic

#685B2C #93803E #B8A257 #CABA82 #DCD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B8A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A257

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A257	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)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd88',
    500: '#b8a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a257;
$custom-light: #cfbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.392,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A257

secondary

#A0AACA

accent

#73D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A257

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

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