#B8A259#B8A259

#B8A259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A259
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -1.52, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 40.63, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0051 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.097 93)
XYZ	xyz(34.4919, 36.7538, 14.7266)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A259 #596FB8

analogous

#B87259 #B8A259 #9EB859

triadic

#B8A259 #59B8A2 #A259B8

tetradic

#B8A259 #59B872 #596FB8 #B8599E

square

#B8A259 #59B872 #596FB8 #B8599E

split-complementary

#B8A259 #599EB8 #7259B8

monochromatic

#695C2D #94813F #B8A259 #CABA84 #DDD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B8A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A259

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A259	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd89',
    500: '#b8a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a259;
$custom-light: #cfbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.105,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71584,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.36752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A259

secondary

#A2ABCB

accent

#74D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A259

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

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