#B8A459#B8A459

#B8A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.098 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A459
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -2.59, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 41.32, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0082 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.098 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8470, 37.4640, 14.8450)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A459 #596DB8

analogous

#B87459 #B8A459 #9CB859

triadic

#B8A459 #59B8A4 #A459B8

tetradic

#B8A459 #59B874 #596DB8 #B8599C

square

#B8A459 #59B874 #596DB8 #B8599C

split-complementary

#B8A459 #599CB8 #7459B8

monochromatic

#695D2D #94823F #B8A459 #CABB84 #DDD3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B8A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A459

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A459	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)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.098 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe8a',
    500: '#b8a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a459;
$custom-light: #cfbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A459

secondary

#A2ABCB

accent

#71D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A459

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

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