#B8A362#B8A362

#B8A362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.088 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A362
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -1.20, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 36.47, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0032 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.088 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0700, 37.2680, 16.8990)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A362 #6277B8

analogous

#B87862 #B8A362 #A2B862

triadic

#B8A362 #62B8A3 #A362B8

tetradic

#B8A362 #62B878 #6277B8 #B862A2

square

#B8A362 #62B878 #6277B8 #B862A2

split-complementary

#B8A362 #62A2B8 #7862B8

monochromatic

#6E5F32 #988445 #B8A362 #CBBC8C #DED4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B8A362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A362

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A362	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.088 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe90',
    500: '#b8a362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a362;
$custom-light: #cfbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.349,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A362

secondary

#A9B2CD

accent

#76CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A362

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

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