#B8A659#B8A659

#B8A659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A659
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -3.66, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 42.04, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0113 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.1 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2077, 38.1855, 14.9652)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A659 #596BB8

analogous

#B87659 #B8A659 #9AB859

triadic

#B8A659 #59B8A6 #A659B8

tetradic

#B8A659 #59B876 #596BB8 #B8599A

square

#B8A659 #59B876 #596BB8 #B8599A

split-complementary

#B8A659 #599AB8 #7659B8

monochromatic

#695E2D #94843F #B8A659 #CABD84 #DDD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B8A659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A659

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A659	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc08a',
    500: '#b8a659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a659;
$custom-light: #cfc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.632,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A659

secondary

#A2AACB

accent

#6FD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A659

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

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