#B8A653#B8A653

#B8A653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A653
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -4.17, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 44.97, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0135 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.106 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9660, 38.0888, 13.6920)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A653 #5365B8

analogous

#B87453 #B8A653 #98B853

triadic

#B8A653 #53B8A6 #A653B8

tetradic

#B8A653 #53B874 #5365B8 #B85398

square

#B8A653 #53B874 #5365B8 #B85398

split-complementary

#B8A653 #5398B8 #7453B8

monochromatic

#665C2A #92823C #B8A653 #CABC7E #DCD3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B8A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A653

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A653	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c086',
    500: '#b8a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a653;
$custom-light: #d0c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A653

secondary

#9DA5C9

accent

#6CD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A653

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

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