#B8A447#B8A447

#B8A447 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A447
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -4.03, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 49.90, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0145 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.115 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1814, 37.1978, 11.3394)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A447 #475BB8

analogous

#B86C47 #B8A447 #93B847

triadic

#B8A447 #47B8A4 #A447B8

tetradic

#B8A447 #47B86C #475BB8 #B84793

square

#B8A447 #47B86C #475BB8 #B84793

split-complementary

#B8A447 #4793B8 #6C47B8

monochromatic

#605525 #8C7D36 #B8A447 #C9BA73 #DAD09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B8A447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A447

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A447	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)

#B3A03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7e',
    500: '#b8a447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a447;
$custom-light: #d0be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 44.314,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71783,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A447

secondary

#949DC7

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A447

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

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