#B8A464#B8A464

#B8A464 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.087 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A464
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 100)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 45.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -1.53, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 35.80, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.004 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.087 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3439, 37.6628, 17.4620)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A464 #6478B8

analogous

#B87A64 #B8A464 #A2B864

triadic

#B8A464 #64B8A4 #A464B8

tetradic

#B8A464 #64B87A #6478B8 #B864A2

square

#B8A464 #64B87A #6478B8 #B864A2

split-complementary

#B8A464 #64A2B8 #7A64B8

monochromatic

#6F6133 #998546 #B8A464 #CBBD8E #DED5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B8A464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A464

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A464	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)

#B1A25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.087 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbe91',
    500: '#b8a464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a464;
$custom-light: #cfbe91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 37.168,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.0867,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A464

secondary

#AAB3CD

accent

#76CD5B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A464

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

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