#B8A463#B8A463

#B8A463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.088 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A463
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 46.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -1.63, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 36.31, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0044 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.088 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2958, 37.6435, 17.2087)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A463 #6377B8

analogous

#B87963 #B8A463 #A2B863

triadic

#B8A463 #63B8A4 #A463B8

tetradic

#B8A463 #63B879 #6377B8 #B863A2

square

#B8A463 #63B879 #6377B8 #B863A2

split-complementary

#B8A463 #63A2B8 #7963B8

monochromatic

#6E6032 #988545 #B8A463 #CBBD8D #DED5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A463

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A463	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.088 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe90',
    500: '#b8a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a463;
$custom-light: #cfbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 37.445,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72153,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A463

secondary

#AAB2CD

accent

#75CD5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A463

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

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