#B8A549#B8A549

#B8A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A549
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -4.42, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 49.33, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0154 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4263, 37.5832, 11.7429)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A549 #495CB8

analogous

#B86D49 #B8A549 #93B849

triadic

#B8A549 #49B8A5 #A549B8

tetradic

#B8A549 #49B86D #495CB8 #B84993

square

#B8A549 #49B86D #495CB8 #B84993

split-complementary

#B8A549 #4993B8 #6D49B8

monochromatic

#615726 #8D7E37 #B8A549 #C9BB75 #DAD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B8A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B8A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A549

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A549	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf7f',
    500: '#b8a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a549;
$custom-light: #d0bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A549

secondary

#969EC7

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A549

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

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