#B8A561#B8A561

#B8A561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.091 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A561
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 47.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -2.37, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 37.68, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0067 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.091 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3810, 37.9651, 16.7712)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A561 #6174B8

analogous

#B87A61 #B8A561 #9FB861

triadic

#B8A561 #61B8A5 #A561B8

tetradic

#B8A561 #61B87A #6174B8 #B8619F

square

#B8A561 #61B87A #6174B8 #B8619F

split-complementary

#B8A561 #619FB8 #7A61B8

monochromatic

#6D6031 #988544 #B8A561 #CBBD8B #DED5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B8A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A561

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A561	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)

#B2A25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.091 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf8f',
    500: '#b8a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a561;
$custom-light: #cfbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.897,
    "s": 37.991,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A561

secondary

#A8B0CD

accent

#73CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A561

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

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