#B8A560#B8A560

#B8A560 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.092 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A560
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 47.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -2.47, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 38.19, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0071 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.092 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3347, 37.9465, 16.5272)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A560 #6073B8

analogous

#B87960 #B8A560 #9FB860

triadic

#B8A560 #60B8A5 #A560B8

tetradic

#B8A560 #60B879 #6073B8 #B8609F

square

#B8A560 #60B879 #6073B8 #B8609F

split-complementary

#B8A560 #609FB8 #7960B8

monochromatic

#6D6031 #978544 #B8A560 #CBBD8A #DED5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B8A560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A560

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A560	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.092 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf8e',
    500: '#b8a560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a560;
$custom-light: #cfbf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.045,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A560

secondary

#A7AFCC

accent

#73CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A560

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

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