#B8A353#B8A353

#B8A353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A353
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -2.57, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 43.91, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0089 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.103 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4270, 37.0108, 13.5123)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A353 #5368B8

analogous

#B87153 #B8A353 #9AB853

triadic

#B8A353 #53B8A3 #A353B8

tetradic

#B8A353 #53B871 #5368B8 #B8539A

square

#B8A353 #53B871 #5368B8 #B8539A

split-complementary

#B8A353 #539AB8 #7153B8

monochromatic

#665A2A #92803C #B8A353 #CABA7E #DCD1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B8A353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A353

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A353	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be85',
    500: '#b8a353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a353;
$custom-light: #d0be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.525,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71713,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A353

secondary

#9DA7C9

accent

#70D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A353

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

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