#B8A563#B8A563

#B8A563 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.089 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A563
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 46.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -2.17, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 36.67, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.006 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.089 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4755, 38.0029, 17.2686)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A563 #6376B8

analogous

#B87A63 #B8A563 #A0B863

triadic

#B8A563 #63B8A5 #A563B8

tetradic

#B8A563 #63B87A #6376B8 #B863A0

square

#B8A563 #63B87A #6376B8 #B863A0

split-complementary

#B8A563 #63A0B8 #7A63B8

monochromatic

#6E6132 #988645 #B8A563 #CBBD8D #DED6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B8A563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A563

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A563	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)

#B2A25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.089 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf90',
    500: '#b8a563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a563;
$custom-light: #cfbf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.588,
    "s": 37.445,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.08863,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A563

secondary

#AAB2CD

accent

#74CD5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A563

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

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