#B8A650#B8A650

#B8A650 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A650
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -4.42, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 46.41, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0145 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8526, 38.0434, 13.0951)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A650 #5062B8

analogous

#B87250 #B8A650 #96B850

triadic

#B8A650 #50B8A6 #A650B8

tetradic

#B8A650 #50B872 #5062B8 #B85096

square

#B8A650 #50B872 #5062B8 #B85096

split-complementary

#B8A650 #5096B8 #7250B8

monochromatic

#655A29 #90813B #B8A650 #CABC7C #DBD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B8A650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A650

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A650	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)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c084',
    500: '#b8a650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a650;
$custom-light: #d0c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A650

secondary

#9BA3C9

accent

#6BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A650

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

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