#B8A446#B8A446

#B8A446 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A446
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -4.09, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 50.36, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0148 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.116 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1495, 37.1850, 11.1718)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A446 #465AB8

analogous

#B86B46 #B8A446 #93B846

triadic

#B8A446 #46B8A4 #A446B8

tetradic

#B8A446 #46B86B #465AB8 #B84693

square

#B8A446 #46B86B #465AB8 #B84693

split-complementary

#B8A446 #4693B8 #6B46B8

monochromatic

#5F5524 #8C7C35 #B8A446 #C9BA72 #DAD09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B8A446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A446

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A446	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)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7d',
    500: '#b8a446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a446;
$custom-light: #d0be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A446

secondary

#939CC7

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A446

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

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