#B8A559#B8A559

#B8A559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A559
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -3.12, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 41.68, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0098 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.099 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0266, 37.8233, 14.9049)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A559 #596CB8

analogous

#B87559 #B8A559 #9BB859

triadic

#B8A559 #59B8A5 #A559B8

tetradic

#B8A559 #59B875 #596CB8 #B8599B

square

#B8A559 #59B875 #596CB8 #B8599B

split-complementary

#B8A559 #599BB8 #7559B8

monochromatic

#695D2D #94833F #B8A559 #CABC84 #DDD3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B8A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A559

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A559	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)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf8a',
    500: '#b8a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a559;
$custom-light: #cfbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A559

secondary

#A2AACB

accent

#70D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A559

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

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