#B8A44B#B8A44B

#B8A44B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A44B
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -3.74, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 48.06, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0132 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.112 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3140, 37.2508, 12.0379)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A44B #4B5FB8

analogous

#B86D4B #B8A44B #95B84B

triadic

#B8A44B #4BB8A4 #A44BB8

tetradic

#B8A44B #4BB86D #4B5FB8 #B84B95

square

#B8A44B #4BB86D #4B5FB8 #B84B95

split-complementary

#B8A44B #4B95B8 #6D4BB8

monochromatic

#625727 #8E7E38 #B8A44B #C9BA77 #DBD0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B8A44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B8A44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A44B

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A44B	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)

#B3A042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be80',
    500: '#b8a44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a44b;
$custom-light: #d0be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A44B

secondary

#97A0C8

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A44B

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

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