#B8A655#B8A655

#B8A655 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.104 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A655
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -4.01, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 44.00, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0128 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.104 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0443, 38.1201, 14.1045)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A655 #5567B8

analogous

#B87455 #B8A655 #98B855

triadic

#B8A655 #55B8A6 #A655B8

tetradic

#B8A655 #55B874 #5567B8 #B85598

square

#B8A655 #55B874 #5567B8 #B85598

split-complementary

#B8A655 #5598B8 #7455B8

monochromatic

#675C2B #93833D #B8A655 #CABD80 #DCD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B8A655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B8A655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A655

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A655	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)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.104 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc087',
    500: '#b8a655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a655;
$custom-light: #cfc087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72373,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A655

secondary

#9FA7CA

accent

#6DD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A655

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

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