#B8A461#B8A461

#B8A461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.090 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A461
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 47.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -1.83, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 37.32, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0052 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.09 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2014, 37.6058, 16.7114)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A461 #6175B8

analogous

#B87961 #B8A461 #A0B861

triadic

#B8A461 #61B8A4 #A461B8

tetradic

#B8A461 #61B879 #6175B8 #B861A0

square

#B8A461 #61B879 #6175B8 #B861A0

split-complementary

#B8A461 #61A0B8 #7961B8

monochromatic

#6D6031 #988444 #B8A461 #CBBC8B #DED5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B8A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A461

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A461	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B1A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.090 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe8f',
    500: '#b8a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a461;
$custom-light: #cfbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.207,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72122,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A461

secondary

#A8B1CD

accent

#75CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A461

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

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