#B8A359#B8A359

#B8A359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A359
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -2.05, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 40.97, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0067 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.098 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6687, 37.1075, 14.7856)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A359 #596EB8

analogous

#B87359 #B8A359 #9DB859

triadic

#B8A359 #59B8A3 #A359B8

tetradic

#B8A359 #59B873 #596EB8 #B8599D

square

#B8A359 #59B873 #596EB8 #B8599D

split-complementary

#B8A359 #599DB8 #7359B8

monochromatic

#695C2D #94823F #B8A359 #CABB84 #DDD3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B8A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A359

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A359	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe89',
    500: '#b8a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a359;
$custom-light: #cfbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.737,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A359

secondary

#A2ABCB

accent

#72D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A359

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

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