#B8A357#B8A357

#B8A357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A357
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -2.23, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 41.96, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0074 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.1 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5859, 37.0744, 14.3493)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A357 #576CB8

analogous

#B87257 #B8A357 #9DB857

triadic

#B8A357 #57B8A3 #A357B8

tetradic

#B8A357 #57B872 #576CB8 #B8579D

square

#B8A357 #57B872 #576CB8 #B8579D

split-complementary

#B8A357 #579DB8 #7257B8

monochromatic

#685B2C #93813E #B8A357 #CABB82 #DCD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B8A357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B8A357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A357

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A357	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)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe88',
    500: '#b8a357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a357;
$custom-light: #cfbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71767,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A357

secondary

#A0AACA

accent

#72D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A357

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

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