#B8A554#B8A554

#B8A554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.104 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A554
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 54.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -3.56, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 44.13, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0116 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.104 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8238, 37.7422, 13.8364)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A554 #5467B8

analogous

#B87354 #B8A554 #99B854

triadic

#B8A554 #54B8A5 #A554B8

tetradic

#B8A554 #54B873 #5467B8 #B85499

square

#B8A554 #54B873 #5467B8 #B85499

split-complementary

#B8A554 #5499B8 #7354B8

monochromatic

#675B2B #92823D #B8A554 #CABC7F #DCD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A554

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A554	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.104 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf86',
    500: '#b8a554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a554;
$custom-light: #cfbf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.6,
    "s": 41.322,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A554

secondary

#9EA6CA

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A554

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

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