#B8A748#B8A748

#B8A748 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A748
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -5.55, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 50.49, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0187 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7570, 38.2971, 11.6909)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A748 #4859B8

analogous

#B86F48 #B8A748 #91B848

triadic

#B8A748 #48B8A7 #A748B8

tetradic

#B8A748 #48B86F #4859B8 #B84891

square

#B8A748 #48B86F #4859B8 #B84891

split-complementary

#B8A748 #4891B8 #6F48B8

monochromatic

#605725 #8C7F36 #B8A748 #C9BC74 #DAD1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B8A748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B8A748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A748

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A748	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07f',
    500: '#b8a748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a748;
$custom-light: #d0c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A748

secondary

#959CC7

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A748

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

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