#B8A657#B8A657

#B8A657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A657
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 52.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -3.83, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 43.03, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.012 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.102 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1249, 38.1523, 14.5289)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A657 #5769B8

analogous

#B87557 #B8A657 #99B857

triadic

#B8A657 #57B8A6 #A657B8

tetradic

#B8A657 #57B875 #5769B8 #B85799

square

#B8A657 #57B875 #5769B8 #B85799

split-complementary

#B8A657 #5799B8 #7557B8

monochromatic

#685D2C #93843E #B8A657 #CABD82 #DCD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B8A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A657

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A657	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)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc088',
    500: '#b8a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a657;
$custom-light: #cfc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 40.586,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A657

secondary

#A0A8CA

accent

#6ED057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A657

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

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