#B8A356#B8A356

#B8A356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A356
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -2.32, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 42.45, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0078 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.101 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5453, 37.0581, 14.1356)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A356 #566BB8

analogous

#B87256 #B8A356 #9CB856

triadic

#B8A356 #56B8A3 #A356B8

tetradic

#B8A356 #56B872 #566BB8 #B8569C

square

#B8A356 #56B872 #566BB8 #B8569C

split-complementary

#B8A356 #569CB8 #7256B8

monochromatic

#685B2C #93813E #B8A356 #CABA81 #DCD2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A356

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A356	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)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe87',
    500: '#b8a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a356;
$custom-light: #cfbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71753,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A356

secondary

#A0A9CA

accent

#71D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A356

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

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