#B8A453#B8A453

#B8A453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A453
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -3.11, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 44.26, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0104 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.104 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6052, 37.3673, 13.5717)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A453 #5367B8

analogous

#B87253 #B8A453 #99B853

triadic

#B8A453 #53B8A4 #A453B8

tetradic

#B8A453 #53B872 #5367B8 #B85399

square

#B8A453 #53B872 #5367B8 #B85399

split-complementary

#B8A453 #5399B8 #7253B8

monochromatic

#665A2A #92813C #B8A453 #CABB7E #DCD2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B8A453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A453

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A453	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)

#B2A14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be86',
    500: '#b8a453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a453;
$custom-light: #d0be86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.119,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A453

secondary

#9DA6C9

accent

#6FD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A453

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

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