#B8A543#B8A543

#B8A543 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A543
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -4.83, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 52.03, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0173 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.119 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2369, 37.5074, 10.7454)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A543 #4356B8

analogous

#B86A43 #B8A543 #91B843

triadic

#B8A543 #43B8A5 #A543B8

tetradic

#B8A543 #43B86A #4356B8 #B84391

square

#B8A543 #43B86A #4356B8 #B84391

split-complementary

#B8A543 #4391B8 #6A43B8

monochromatic

#5E5522 #8B7D33 #B8A543 #CABB6E #DBD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B8A543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A543

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A543	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7b',
    500: '#b8a543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a543;
$custom-light: #d0bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A543

secondary

#9099C7

accent

#67D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A543

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

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