#B8A457#B8A457

#B8A457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A457
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -2.77, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 42.31, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.009 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.1 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7641, 37.4309, 14.4087)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A457 #576BB8

analogous

#B87357 #B8A457 #9BB857

triadic

#B8A457 #57B8A4 #A457B8

tetradic

#B8A457 #57B873 #576BB8 #B8579B

square

#B8A457 #57B873 #576BB8 #B8579B

split-complementary

#B8A457 #579BB8 #7357B8

monochromatic

#685C2C #93823E #B8A457 #CABB82 #DCD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B8A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A457

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A457	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe88',
    500: '#b8a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a457;
$custom-light: #cfbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A457

secondary

#A0A9CA

accent

#70D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A457

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

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