#B8A745#B8A745

#B8A745 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A745
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -5.76, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 51.84, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0197 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6615, 38.2589, 11.1880)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A745 #4556B8

analogous

#B86D45 #B8A745 #90B845

triadic

#B8A745 #45B8A7 #A745B8

tetradic

#B8A745 #45B86D #4556B8 #B84590

square

#B8A745 #45B86D #4556B8 #B84590

split-complementary

#B8A745 #4590B8 #6D45B8

monochromatic

#5F5624 #8B7F34 #B8A745 #CABC71 #DAD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B8A745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A745

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A745	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07d',
    500: '#b8a745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a745;
$custom-light: #d0c07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A745

secondary

#929AC7

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A745

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

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