#B8A444#B8A444

#B8A444 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A444
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -4.23, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 51.25, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0154 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0875, 37.1602, 10.8448)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A444 #4458B8

analogous

#B86A44 #B8A444 #92B844

triadic

#B8A444 #44B8A4 #A444B8

tetradic

#B8A444 #44B86A #4458B8 #B84492

square

#B8A444 #44B86A #4458B8 #B84492

split-complementary

#B8A444 #4492B8 #6A44B8

monochromatic

#5F5423 #8B7C33 #B8A444 #CABA6F #DAD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B8A444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A444

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A444	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)

#B3A039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7c',
    500: '#b8a444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a444;
$custom-light: #d0be7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A444

secondary

#919AC7

accent

#69D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A444

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

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