#B8A552#B8A552

#B8A552 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A552
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -3.72, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 45.09, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0123 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.106 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7466, 37.7113, 13.4298)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A552 #5265B8

analogous

#B87252 #B8A552 #98B852

triadic

#B8A552 #52B8A5 #A552B8

tetradic

#B8A552 #52B872 #5265B8 #B85298

square

#B8A552 #52B872 #5265B8 #B85298

split-complementary

#B8A552 #5298B8 #7252B8

monochromatic

#665B2A #91813C #B8A552 #CABC7D #DCD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B8A552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A552

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A552	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)

#B3A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf85',
    500: '#b8a552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a552;
$custom-light: #d0bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A552

secondary

#9DA5C9

accent

#6DD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A552

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

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