#B8A258#B8A258

#B8A258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.098 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A258
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 52.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -1.60, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 41.12, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0055 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.098 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4502, 36.7371, 14.5070)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A258 #586EB8

analogous

#B87258 #B8A258 #9EB858

triadic

#B8A258 #58B8A2 #A258B8

tetradic

#B8A258 #58B872 #586EB8 #B8589E

square

#B8A258 #58B872 #586EB8 #B8589E

split-complementary

#B8A258 #589EB8 #7258B8

monochromatic

#695B2D #94803F #B8A258 #CABA83 #DDD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B8A258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A258

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A258	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.098 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd89',
    500: '#b8a258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a258;
$custom-light: #cfbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 40.336,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A258

secondary

#A1ABCB

accent

#73D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A258

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

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