#B8A656#B8A656

#B8A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A656
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -3.92, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 43.52, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0124 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.103 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0843, 38.1361, 14.3152)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A656 #5668B8

analogous

#B87556 #B8A656 #99B856

triadic

#B8A656 #56B8A6 #A656B8

tetradic

#B8A656 #56B875 #5668B8 #B85699

square

#B8A656 #56B875 #5668B8 #B85699

split-complementary

#B8A656 #5699B8 #7556B8

monochromatic

#685D2C #93833E #B8A656 #CABD81 #DCD3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B8A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A656

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A656	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc088',
    500: '#b8a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a656;
$custom-light: #cfc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A656

secondary

#A0A7CA

accent

#6DD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A656

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

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