#B8A548#B8A548

#B8A548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A548
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -4.49, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 49.79, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0157 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3934, 37.5700, 11.5697)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A548 #485BB8

analogous

#B86D48 #B8A548 #93B848

triadic

#B8A548 #48B8A5 #A548B8

tetradic

#B8A548 #48B86D #485BB8 #B84893

square

#B8A548 #48B86D #485BB8 #B84893

split-complementary

#B8A548 #4893B8 #6D48B8

monochromatic

#605625 #8C7E36 #B8A548 #C9BB74 #DAD0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B8A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A548

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A548	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)

#B4A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7f',
    500: '#b8a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a548;
$custom-light: #d0bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72006,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A548

secondary

#959DC7

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A548

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

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