#B8A648#B8A648

#B8A648 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A648
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -5.02, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 50.13, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0172 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5745, 37.9322, 11.6301)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A648 #485AB8

analogous

#B86E48 #B8A648 #92B848

triadic

#B8A648 #48B8A6 #A648B8

tetradic

#B8A648 #48B86E #485AB8 #B84892

square

#B8A648 #48B86E #485AB8 #B84892

split-complementary

#B8A648 #4892B8 #6E48B8

monochromatic

#605725 #8C7F36 #B8A648 #C9BB74 #DAD1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B8A648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A648

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A648	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07f',
    500: '#b8a648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a648;
$custom-light: #d0c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72218,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A648

secondary

#959DC7

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A648

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

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