#B8A555#B8A555

#B8A555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A555
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -3.47, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 43.64, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0112 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.103 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8632, 37.7580, 14.0442)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A555 #5568B8

analogous

#B87355 #B8A555 #99B855

triadic

#B8A555 #55B8A5 #A555B8

tetradic

#B8A555 #55B873 #5568B8 #B85599

square

#B8A555 #55B873 #5568B8 #B85599

split-complementary

#B8A555 #5599B8 #7355B8

monochromatic

#675C2B #93823D #B8A555 #CABC80 #DCD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B8A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B8A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A555

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A555	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)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf87',
    500: '#b8a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a555;
$custom-light: #cfbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A555

secondary

#9FA7CA

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A555

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

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