#B8A550#B8A550

#B8A550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.108 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A550
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -3.88, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 46.05, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.013 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.108 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6716, 37.6813, 13.0348)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A550 #5063B8

analogous

#B87150 #B8A550 #97B850

triadic

#B8A550 #50B8A5 #A550B8

tetradic

#B8A550 #50B871 #5063B8 #B85097

square

#B8A550 #50B871 #5063B8 #B85097

split-complementary

#B8A550 #5097B8 #7150B8

monochromatic

#655A29 #90813B #B8A550 #CABB7C #DBD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B8A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A550

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A550	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.108 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf84',
    500: '#b8a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a550;
$custom-light: #d0bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A550

secondary

#9BA3C9

accent

#6CD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A550

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

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