#B8A545#B8A545

#B8A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A545
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -4.69, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 51.15, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0167 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2979, 37.5318, 11.0668)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A545 #4558B8

analogous

#B86C45 #B8A545 #92B845

triadic

#B8A545 #45B8A5 #A545B8

tetradic

#B8A545 #45B86C #4558B8 #B84592

square

#B8A545 #45B86C #4558B8 #B84592

split-complementary

#B8A545 #4592B8 #6C45B8

monochromatic

#5F5524 #8B7D34 #B8A545 #CABB71 #DAD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B8A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A545

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A545	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7d',
    500: '#b8a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a545;
$custom-light: #d0bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71975,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A545

secondary

#929BC7

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A545

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

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