#B8A64B#B8A64B

#B8A64B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A64B
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -4.80, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 48.76, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0162 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.113 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6747, 37.9723, 12.1582)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A64B #4B5DB8

analogous

#B86F4B #B8A64B #93B84B

triadic

#B8A64B #4BB8A6 #A64BB8

tetradic

#B8A64B #4BB86F #4B5DB8 #B84B93

square

#B8A64B #4BB86F #4B5DB8 #B84B93

split-complementary

#B8A64B #4B93B8 #6F4BB8

monochromatic

#625827 #8E8038 #B8A64B #C9BC77 #DBD1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B8A64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A64B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A64B	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B5A242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c080',
    500: '#b8a64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a64b;
$custom-light: #d0c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A64B

secondary

#979FC8

accent

#6AD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A64B

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

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