#B8A355#B8A355

#B8A355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A355
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -2.40, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 42.94, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0081 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.102 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5053, 37.0421, 13.9249)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A355 #556AB8

analogous

#B87255 #B8A355 #9BB855

triadic

#B8A355 #55B8A3 #A355B8

tetradic

#B8A355 #55B872 #556AB8 #B8559B

square

#B8A355 #55B872 #556AB8 #B8559B

split-complementary

#B8A355 #559BB8 #7255B8

monochromatic

#675B2B #93803D #B8A355 #CABA80 #DCD2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A355

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A355	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe87',
    500: '#b8a355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a355;
$custom-light: #cfbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A355

secondary

#9FA8CA

accent

#71D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A355

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

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