#B8A558#B8A558

#B8A558 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A558
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 52.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -3.21, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 42.17, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0101 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.1 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9849, 37.8066, 14.6852)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A558 #586BB8

analogous

#B87558 #B8A558 #9BB858

triadic

#B8A558 #58B8A5 #A558B8

tetradic

#B8A558 #58B875 #586BB8 #B8589B

square

#B8A558 #58B875 #586BB8 #B8589B

split-complementary

#B8A558 #589BB8 #7558B8

monochromatic

#695D2D #94833F #B8A558 #CABC83 #DDD3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A558

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A558	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)

#B3A251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf89',
    500: '#b8a558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a558;
$custom-light: #cfbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 40.336,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72201,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A558

secondary

#A1A9CB

accent

#6FD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A558

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

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