#B8A348#B8A348

#B8A348 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A348
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -3.42, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 49.11, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0126 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0355, 36.8542, 11.4504)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A348 #485DB8

analogous

#B86B48 #B8A348 #95B848

triadic

#B8A348 #48B8A3 #A348B8

tetradic

#B8A348 #48B86B #485DB8 #B84895

square

#B8A348 #48B86B #485DB8 #B84895

split-complementary

#B8A348 #4895B8 #6B48B8

monochromatic

#605525 #8C7C36 #B8A348 #C9B974 #DACFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B8A348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A348

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A348	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)

#B2A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7e',
    500: '#b8a348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a348;
$custom-light: #d0be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71583,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A348

secondary

#959EC7

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A348

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

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