#B8A462#B8A462

#B8A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.089 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A462
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -1.73, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 36.82, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0048 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.089 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2483, 37.6245, 16.9585)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A462 #6276B8

analogous

#B87962 #B8A462 #A1B862

triadic

#B8A462 #62B8A4 #A462B8

tetradic

#B8A462 #62B879 #6276B8 #B862A1

square

#B8A462 #62B879 #6276B8 #B862A1

split-complementary

#B8A462 #62A1B8 #7962B8

monochromatic

#6E6032 #988545 #B8A462 #CBBC8C #DED5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B8A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A462

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A462	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)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.089 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe90',
    500: '#b8a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a462;
$custom-light: #cfbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A462

secondary

#A9B1CD

accent

#75CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A462

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

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