#B8A456#B8A456

#B8A456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A456
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -2.85, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 42.80, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0093 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.101 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7236, 37.4146, 14.1950)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A456 #566AB8

analogous

#B87356 #B8A456 #9BB856

triadic

#B8A456 #56B8A4 #A456B8

tetradic

#B8A456 #56B873 #566AB8 #B8569B

square

#B8A456 #56B873 #566AB8 #B8569B

split-complementary

#B8A456 #569BB8 #7356B8

monochromatic

#685C2C #93823E #B8A456 #CABB81 #DCD2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B8A456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A456

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A456	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)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe88',
    500: '#b8a456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a456;
$custom-light: #cfbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A456

secondary

#A0A8CA

accent

#70D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A456

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

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