#B8A347#B8A347

#B8A347 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A347
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -3.49, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 49.57, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.013 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.114 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0031, 36.8413, 11.2800)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A347 #475CB8

analogous

#B86B47 #B8A347 #94B847

triadic

#B8A347 #47B8A3 #A347B8

tetradic

#B8A347 #47B86B #475CB8 #B84794

square

#B8A347 #47B86B #475CB8 #B84794

split-complementary

#B8A347 #4794B8 #6B47B8

monochromatic

#605525 #8C7C36 #B8A347 #C9B973 #DACF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B8A347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A347

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A347	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7e',
    500: '#b8a347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a347;
$custom-light: #d0be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A347

secondary

#949DC7

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A347

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

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