#B8A45E#B8A45E

#B8A45E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.093 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A45E
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -2.12, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 38.83, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0063 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.093 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0641, 37.5509, 15.9886)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A45E #5E72B8

analogous

#B8775E #B8A45E #9FB85E

triadic

#B8A45E #5EB8A4 #A45EB8

tetradic

#B8A45E #5EB877 #5E72B8 #B85E9F

square

#B8A45E #5EB877 #5E72B8 #B85E9F

split-complementary

#B8A45E #5E9FB8 #775EB8

monochromatic

#6C5F30 #968442 #B8A45E #CBBC88 #DDD4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B8A45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A45E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A45E	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.093 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe8d',
    500: '#b8a45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a45e;
$custom-light: #cfbe8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A45E

secondary

#A6AECC

accent

#73CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A45E

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

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