#B8A448#B8A448

#B8A448 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A448
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -3.95, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 49.45, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0142 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.114 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2137, 37.2107, 11.5099)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A448 #485CB8

analogous

#B86C48 #B8A448 #94B848

triadic

#B8A448 #48B8A4 #A448B8

tetradic

#B8A448 #48B86C #485CB8 #B84894

square

#B8A448 #48B86C #485CB8 #B84894

split-complementary

#B8A448 #4894B8 #6C48B8

monochromatic

#605625 #8C7D36 #B8A448 #C9BA74 #DAD0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B8A448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A448

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A448	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)

#B3A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7e',
    500: '#b8a448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a448;
$custom-light: #d0be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A448

secondary

#959EC7

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A448

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

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