#B8A460#B8A460

#B8A460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.091 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A460
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 47.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -1.93, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 37.83, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0056 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.091 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1550, 37.5872, 16.4673)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A460 #6074B8

analogous

#B87860 #B8A460 #A0B860

triadic

#B8A460 #60B8A4 #A460B8

tetradic

#B8A460 #60B878 #6074B8 #B860A0

square

#B8A460 #60B878 #6074B8 #B860A0

split-complementary

#B8A460 #60A0B8 #7860B8

monochromatic

#6D5F31 #978444 #B8A460 #CBBC8A #DED4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B8A460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A460

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A460	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.091 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe8e',
    500: '#b8a460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a460;
$custom-light: #cfbe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A460

secondary

#A7B0CC

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A460

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

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