#B8A35E#B8A35E

#B8A35E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.092 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A35E
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -1.59, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 38.48, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0048 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.092 93)
XYZ	xyz(34.8859, 37.1943, 15.9291)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A35E #5E73B8

analogous

#B8765E #B8A35E #A0B85E

triadic

#B8A35E #5EB8A3 #A35EB8

tetradic

#B8A35E #5EB876 #5E73B8 #B85EA0

square

#B8A35E #5EB876 #5E73B8 #B85EA0

split-complementary

#B8A35E #5EA0B8 #765EB8

monochromatic

#6C5E30 #968342 #B8A35E #CBBB88 #DDD4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B8A35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A35E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A35E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.092 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe8d',
    500: '#b8a35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a35e;
$custom-light: #cfbe8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71867,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.37193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A35E

secondary

#A6AFCC

accent

#75CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A35E

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

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