#B8A649#B8A649

#B8A649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A649
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -4.95, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 49.68, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0169 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6074, 37.9453, 11.8033)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A649 #495BB8

analogous

#B86E49 #B8A649 #93B849

triadic

#B8A649 #49B8A6 #A649B8

tetradic

#B8A649 #49B86E #495BB8 #B84993

square

#B8A649 #49B86E #495BB8 #B84993

split-complementary

#B8A649 #4993B8 #6E49B8

monochromatic

#615726 #8D7F37 #B8A649 #C9BC75 #DAD1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B8A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B8A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A649

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A649	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)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07f',
    500: '#b8a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a649;
$custom-light: #d0c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A649

secondary

#969EC7

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A649

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

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