#B8A449#B8A449

#B8A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A449
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -3.88, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 48.99, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0138 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.114 97)
XYZ	xyz(34.2466, 37.2239, 11.6831)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A449 #495DB8

analogous

#B86C49 #B8A449 #95B849

triadic

#B8A449 #49B8A4 #A449B8

tetradic

#B8A449 #49B86C #495DB8 #B84995

square

#B8A449 #49B86C #495DB8 #B84995

split-complementary

#B8A449 #4995B8 #6C49B8

monochromatic

#615626 #8D7D37 #B8A449 #C9BA75 #DAD0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B8A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A449

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A449	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)

#B3A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be7f',
    500: '#b8a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a449;
$custom-light: #d0be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.37222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A449

secondary

#969FC7

accent

#6BD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A449

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

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