#B8A44A#B8A44A

#B8A44A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A44A
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -3.81, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 48.52, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0135 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.113 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2800, 37.2372, 11.8591)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A44A #4A5EB8

analogous

#B86D4A #B8A44A #95B84A

triadic

#B8A44A #4AB8A4 #A44AB8

tetradic

#B8A44A #4AB86D #4A5EB8 #B84A95

square

#B8A44A #4AB86D #4A5EB8 #B84A95

split-complementary

#B8A44A #4A95B8 #6D4AB8

monochromatic

#615726 #8D7E37 #B8A44A #C9BA76 #DAD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B8A44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A44A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A44A	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be80',
    500: '#b8a44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a44a;
$custom-light: #d0be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A44A

secondary

#969FC7

accent

#6BD354

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A44A

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

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