#B8A349#B8A349

#B8A349 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A349
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -3.35, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 48.65, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0123 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0684, 36.8673, 11.6236)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A349 #495EB8

analogous

#B86B49 #B8A349 #95B849

triadic

#B8A349 #49B8A3 #A349B8

tetradic

#B8A349 #49B86B #495EB8 #B84995

square

#B8A349 #49B86B #495EB8 #B84995

split-complementary

#B8A349 #4995B8 #6B49B8

monochromatic

#615626 #8D7D37 #B8A349 #C9B975 #DAD0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B8A349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B8A349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A349

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A349	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)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7f',
    500: '#b8a349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a349;
$custom-light: #d0be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71594,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A349

secondary

#969FC7

accent

#6CD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A349

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

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