#B8A455#B8A455

#B8A455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A455
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -2.94, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 43.29, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0097 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.102 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6836, 37.3986, 13.9843)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A455 #5569B8

analogous

#B87255 #B8A455 #9AB855

triadic

#B8A455 #55B8A4 #A455B8

tetradic

#B8A455 #55B872 #5569B8 #B8559A

square

#B8A455 #55B872 #5569B8 #B8559A

split-complementary

#B8A455 #559AB8 #7255B8

monochromatic

#675B2B #93813D #B8A455 #CABB80 #DCD2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B8A455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A455

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A455	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe87',
    500: '#b8a455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a455;
$custom-light: #cfbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7195,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A455

secondary

#9FA8CA

accent

#70D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A455

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

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