#B8A452#B8A452

#B8A452 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A452
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -3.19, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 44.74, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0108 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.105 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5669, 37.3520, 13.3699)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A452 #5266B8

analogous

#B87152 #B8A452 #99B852

triadic

#B8A452 #52B8A4 #A452B8

tetradic

#B8A452 #52B871 #5266B8 #B85299

square

#B8A452 #52B871 #5266B8 #B85299

split-complementary

#B8A452 #5299B8 #7152B8

monochromatic

#665A2A #91803C #B8A452 #CABB7D #DCD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B8A452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A452

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A452	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be85',
    500: '#b8a452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a452;
$custom-light: #d0be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71912,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A452

secondary

#9DA5C9

accent

#6ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A452

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

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