#B8A442#B8A442

#B8A442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A442
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -4.36, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 52.14, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0161 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0275, 37.1362, 10.5289)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A442 #4256B8

analogous

#B86942 #B8A442 #91B842

triadic

#B8A442 #42B8A4 #A442B8

tetradic

#B8A442 #42B869 #4256B8 #B84291

square

#B8A442 #42B869 #4256B8 #B84291

split-complementary

#B8A442 #4291B8 #6942B8

monochromatic

#5E5422 #8B7C32 #B8A442 #CBBB6D #DBD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B8A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A442

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A442	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7b',
    500: '#b8a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a442;
$custom-light: #d0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A442

secondary

#8F99C7

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A442

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

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