#B8A557#B8A557

#B8A557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A557
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -3.30, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 42.66, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0105 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.101 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.9438, 37.7902, 14.4686)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A557 #576AB8

analogous

#B87457 #B8A557 #9BB857

triadic

#B8A557 #57B8A5 #A557B8

tetradic

#B8A557 #57B874 #576AB8 #B8579B

square

#B8A557 #57B874 #576AB8 #B8579B

split-complementary

#B8A557 #579BB8 #7457B8

monochromatic

#685D2C #93833E #B8A557 #CABC82 #DCD3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A557

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A557	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf88',
    500: '#b8a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a557;
$custom-light: #cfbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A557

secondary

#A0A9CA

accent

#6FD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A557

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

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