#B8A565#B8A565

#B8A565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.086 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A565
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 45.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -1.96, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 35.66, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0052 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.086 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5723, 38.0416, 17.7784)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A565 #6578B8

analogous

#B87B65 #B8A565 #A1B865

triadic

#B8A565 #65B8A5 #A565B8

tetradic

#B8A565 #65B87B #6578B8 #B865A1

square

#B8A565 #65B87B #6578B8 #B865A1

split-complementary

#B8A565 #65A1B8 #7B65B8

monochromatic

#6F6233 #998647 #B8A565 #CBBD8F #DFD6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B8A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A565

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A565	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.086 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf92',
    500: '#b8a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a565;
$custom-light: #cfbf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A565

secondary

#ABB3CE

accent

#75CD5B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A565

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

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