#B8A35B#B8A35B

#B8A35B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.095 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A35B
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 50.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -1.87, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 39.98, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0059 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.095 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7539, 37.1415, 15.2339)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A35B #5B70B8

analogous

#B8755B #B8A35B #9FB85B

triadic

#B8A35B #5BB8A3 #A35BB8

tetradic

#B8A35B #5BB875 #5B70B8 #B85B9F

square

#B8A35B #5BB875 #5B70B8 #B85B9F

split-complementary

#B8A35B #5B9FB8 #755BB8

monochromatic

#6A5D2E #958241 #B8A35B #CABB86 #DDD3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B8A35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A35B

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A35B	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.095 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe8b',
    500: '#b8a35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a35b;
$custom-light: #cfbe8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A35B

secondary

#A4ADCB

accent

#73CF58

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A35B

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

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