#B8A44E#B8A44E

#B8A44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A44E
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -3.51, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 46.65, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0122 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.109 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4191, 37.2929, 12.5915)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A44E #4E62B8

analogous

#B86F4E #B8A44E #97B84E

triadic

#B8A44E #4EB8A4 #A44EB8

tetradic

#B8A44E #4EB86F #4E62B8 #B84E97

square

#B8A44E #4EB86F #4E62B8 #B84E97

split-complementary

#B8A44E #4E97B8 #6F4EB8

monochromatic

#645828 #8F7F39 #B8A44E #CABA7A #DBD1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B8A44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A44E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A44E	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be82',
    500: '#b8a44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a44e;
$custom-light: #d0be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71862,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A44E

secondary

#9AA2C8

accent

#6DD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A44E

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

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