#B8A665#B8A665

#B8A665 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A665
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 45.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -2.50, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 36.02, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0067 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.087 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7533, 38.4037, 17.8387)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A665 #6577B8

analogous

#B87C65 #B8A665 #A0B865

triadic

#B8A665 #65B8A6 #A665B8

tetradic

#B8A665 #65B87C #6577B8 #B865A0

square

#B8A665 #65B87C #6577B8 #B865A0

split-complementary

#B8A665 #65A0B8 #7C65B8

monochromatic

#6F6233 #998747 #B8A665 #CBBE8F #DFD6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A665

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A665	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc092',
    500: '#b8a665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a665;
$custom-light: #cfc092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 36.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A665

secondary

#ABB3CE

accent

#74CD5B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A665

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

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