#B8A562#B8A562

#B8A562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.090 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A562
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -2.27, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 37.18, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0063 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.09 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4279, 37.9838, 17.0184)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A562 #6275B8

analogous

#B87A62 #B8A562 #A0B862

triadic

#B8A562 #62B8A5 #A562B8

tetradic

#B8A562 #62B87A #6275B8 #B862A0

square

#B8A562 #62B87A #6275B8 #B862A0

split-complementary

#B8A562 #62A0B8 #7A62B8

monochromatic

#6E6132 #988645 #B8A562 #CBBD8C #DED5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A562

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A562	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.090 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf90',
    500: '#b8a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a562;
$custom-light: #cfbf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.744,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A562

secondary

#A9B1CD

accent

#74CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A562

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →